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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (AAAS SciLinks) Web Page
3 Henrietta Lacks' "Immortal" Cells (Smithsonian Magazine) Web Page
4 Taking the Least of You (The New York Times Magazine)

This article requires a subscription to The New York Times. You can substitute (use together) "Could Your Cells Be Worth Millions" (resource #5) and "Ask Henrietta Lacks: Whose body is it, anyway?" (resource #6) for "Taking the Least of You".

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5 Could Your Cells Be Worth Millions? (RealClear Science)

This article can be substituted for "Taking the Least of You" (The New York Times) which has an associated cost.

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6 Ask Henrietta Lacks: Whose body is it, anyway? (Poughkeepsie Journal)

This article can be substituted for "Taking the Least of You" (The New York Times) which has an associated cost.

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7 Are There Property Rights in Human Tissue (The Journal of the Lancaster General Hospital)

This article can be used to support "Could Your Cells Be Worth Millions?" It includes the case of Dr. William Catalona which is referenced in the AAAS SciLinks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

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8 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Student Activity Sheet Web Page
9 Debate Form (Northwest Association for Biomedical Research) Web Page
10 Historical Context of Humans in Research Web Page
11 The Science and Ethics of Humans in Research: Grades 7-12

(Northwest Association for Biomedical Research)

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12 How to Have a Successful Science and Ethics Discussion (The Science Teacher) Web Page
13 Archive: NIH/NSTA Symposium: Exploring Bioethics - A New Model for Classroom Instruction, New Orleans, Louisiana: March 19, 2009 Symposia Archive
14 Text to Text - 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' and 'The Sequel'

(The New York Times Learning Network)

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15 Exploring Bioethics (NIH Curriculum Supplement) Web Page
16 Henrietta's Tumor (RadioLab)

After a biopsy of Henrietta's cancer, researcher Dr. George Gey & lab assistant Mary Kubicek discovered her cells could reproduce & even THRIVE outside the body--a breakthrough that would change modern medicine. Later Dr. Stanley Gartler found that Henrietta's cells were capable of jumping out of a petri dish & colonizing other cell strains. Decades after her death, her cells are still alive. Who was Henrietta? Writer Rebecca Skloot, with Henrietta’s daughter Deborah, takes us on that journey.

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