opinion and interpretation

 I liked this story talked about the woman Henrietta Lacks fought with her disease to become immoral cells although she died. Her doctor Gey felt jeaous to Henrietta because of her color and she had immoral cells. Then her doctor wanted to use her cells in culture to involved money and didn't care for her family. Although Henrietta suffered from many whilte doctor team discrimination, she had others researchers support. The journalist Rabecca wrote down her story to tell this world Henrietta Lacks' first immoral cells, and everyone will know her ever.

p137 ~ 176

    By the 1960s, everybody said Henrietta was really hospitality and cooked good although she died in cancer and her cells was donated by Dr. Gey, and he never asked her family anything. Her cells have been bombed up in medical miracles, and could cure for some cancer and other things, even AIDS. In additional, the scientists laughed at HeLa cells that could survive on the other areas were so strong, and researchers experimented with the growing library of cells to make historic discoveries. They found out why normal cells stopped to grow and cancer cells didn't. Besides that George Gey and his others' cell culture who traveled from everywhere to discuss the future of cell culture found a technical problems in their field. The scientists had no ideas to against HeLa cells if they got mixed up in culture. And Deborah was a pregnant in the high school, Bobbette helped her to find job after she graduated whether she liked it or not. Moreover, Deborah's young brother rebelled with out of group although his family had hoped the military would help control. He killed his friend Ivy and felt guilty and wrote letter to criminal court judge. Finally, Gey died by pancreas cancer and he hoped a line of cancer cells taken from his pancreas, like Henrietta's, would become immortal. After Gey died in 1970, Henrietta's name was first published and she could enjoy the fame. 


Impression:


I think that the miracle was the most important for Henrietta because her cells become immoral, and she could cure other people although she didn't know. 




Vocabulary:


Turpentine - p166 - The plant of oil 
Breach - p167- break 
Juvenile - p167- young children 
peril - p167- danger 
inmate - p167 - occupant 
elusive - p175 - hard to catch 


Question:
Why did the normal cells stop growing?  
Why didn't the scientists say anything to her family? 

Reading problem

When I read English, I will read at least twice. One time I just read and don't use distionary, and second I will look for I cannot understand words. Reading is hard to understand what the author explained. I like read in my room and nobody can disturb.  Therefore, I wouldn't like to go to the local public library because there are many children and teenagers to play and speak loud there. 

P93 ~ 136

    After Henrietta died, their family didn't say cancer and her anymore. Doctors created Tuskegee team, which experimented Henrietta's cells. And then they built her factory and help to save the lives of Americans, besides that, they were using cultured cell tests that grew on massive scale. Many people knew Henrietta's name after the story "Minneapolis Star" published by Berg. He tried to help Henrietta and researched her story and told this world. However, the story couldn't make Gey to stop the experiment of immortal.When Henrietta's youngest daughter Deborah was in high school, she cried to her dad, Day to asked that what happened to her mom. Day just said she was too young to remember. After Gey's team was published in the newspaper, many researchers flourished mush of Henrietta's cells. 

Impression:

    Gey was so evil because he wanted to get HeLa's cells to save the lives of Americans and he didn't tell to Henrietta and her family. He forced to Henrietta become his the test of mouse.

Question:

Why can the scientists save the lives of Americans because of benefit?    

P63 - 92

Since discrimination in hosipal, black people were glad to be getting treatment. And Henrietta felt uncomfortable day by day, she had to tranfer an number of blood by other people. However, the doctors found nothing wrong with her cells and always returned next month to answer Henrietta.


Henrietta was kind woman and didn't doubt her doctor. Rebecca tried to help Henrietta and she met her family, then researched her experiences. Moreover, she created the Henrietta museum. Clover and Sonny examined why black people couldn't treat in hospital. They found Henrietta's cancer to not regular cancer because regular cancer couldn't grow after a person died. 


Finally, Henrietta's body was almost entirely taken by tumors; consequently, she died before she told her sister Gladys to take care of her children. When she die, her body sent to Gey lab quickly. Then Gey got those samples after Henrietta death. And Gey asked her husband for permission. Gey said when he agreed to sign autopsy, his children might help someday. Therefore, he sigh the paper. 

Impression:


I think Henrietta was courage because she faced her disease and worked out her family. Although her doctors was unfriendly, she got her family help. 


Question: 


Why does white doctor discriminate black people?

6 Question

1. What year did The Tuskegee Institute open the first “HeLa factory,” supplying cells to laboratories and researchers and operating as a nonprofit? What was the name of the company that would begin selling Hela for profit? 
   
   In 1952, Microbiological Associates began selling Hela for profit.


2. What year was Henrietta Lacks born?
   
   
   In 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born.
3. What year did George Gey successfully culture the first immortal human cell line using cells from Henrietta Lacks’s cervix? Why was it given the name HeLa?
   
   
   In 1951, George Gey successed culture the first immortal human cell line using cells from Henrietta Lacks's cervix and after the first two initials of Heniritta's first and last name.
4. What year did scientists use HeLa cells to help develop the polio vaccine?
   
   
   In 1952, scientists used HeLa cells to help develop the polio vaccine.
5. What is the name of the hospital where Henrietta was treated for cervical cancer? In what year was it founded?
   
   
   At John hopkins hospitalm HeLa was treated for cervical cancer and it was founded in 1889.
6. What year did HeLa cells become the first cells ever cloned?
   
   
   In 1953, HeLa cells became the first cells ever cloned.

P33--66

               The story of The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks talked about HeLa suffered from unfair treatment, and she received rap treatment and she didn't know her cells to give Gey doctor doing experiment. And Gey give the Hela's cells of sample to Mary growing them in the lab, Gey and partner Margaret did the research for many years. They had grew Hela's cell in the blood but they didn't success.

               When Hela finished her treatment, she went back home and nobody knew her sick. She did her housework, taking care of children and worked on tobacco field. Until after many month ago, she felt bad her body and she told her cousin and she had to X-ray therapy every weekday.   

               Finally, Hela got help for Roland. He had one of students Gey. Roland tried to persuade Gey for taking care of Hela. And Gey told about Hela's record, her cells had immortal and could help save the lives of countless people. When Hela heard this sentence, she felt happy. 

               I think that Hela was so courage and faced to her doctor impolite. However, she got the immortal life and the immortal could save other people. It is a miracle!! 

               Do you think why Hela's cells appear miracle?