Her and Al Bundy , unbeknownst to him ,a man living on the fringes of Society ,he saved hundreds of Galaxies from destruction, through the use of of his spoiled socks as fuel to power their ships.
@L G You had to take it to race. Typical black victim. If she were any other race the outcome would be the same. Quit thinking YOU are a victim if anything happens to any other black person.
Having personally benefited from HeLa cells, I just want to thank her. Though she will never know how much she contributed to the world, she and her cells have saved so many lives. She is a true post-mortem heroine
Yes that’s unfortunate. Henrietta’s family know though they were left in the dark for 10years... and have never been compensated for the matter that was stolen from their beloved mother.
Please, research the entire story of Mrs. Lacks before making the statement "and have never been compensated for the matter that was stolen from their beloved mother" Read THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot. I thought was an excellent book. The book was made into a movie for TV, and Oprah Winfrey portrayed Henrietta's daughter Deborah who was a family spokesperson. Hene@@georgiegirl6969
I visited her grave in Clover on my way back to Richmond a few weeks ago. She actually has a headstone now. She is buried right next to her daughter Elsie. It ended up being a really great detour...completely spontaneous. I was able to meet a relative and see where she grew up ❤️. EDIT: I’m happy to see that this video was edited to include additional information and photos about her gravestone and family!
Sunshine Royal I don’t know. I visited the place where the family has her headstone and the place where she grew up 🤷🏽♀️. She‘s buried in a family plot. It honestly doesn’t take anyway from the experience! I’m sure her spirit is there!
I'm from chile yesterday I saw a youtube video where she appeared and I found it so unfair that others were filled with money and were not able to recognize this great woman
…. she did nothing, literally anyone could've had those cells in them, she didn't choose to be born with them, so how is she a hero exactly? if the surgeons take my liver once I'm dead for a transplant am I suddenly a hero if its viable for the patient? I mean I have a donor card, do I get credit for that? Henrietta was not a doctor, and did not contribute towards medical science in any way other than being a subject for study by doctors who DID advance medical science using her cells.
halt wisen She had and still has the only cells that are still alive today and are still being used in research!!! No, she didn’t personally know what her body produced, but she was a very good person that cared about others, and her children most of all! While numerous people have made millions of dollars because of her! So you think that is fair? And yes, you would be a hero if you donated your body parts to others, and you will never know that you are! But others just might. Just be thankful for that because.... her cells just might have contributed to that happening! Shame on you!
@@haltwisen4324 Reminds me how Trump fans call him a good businessman. He got over 400 million from daddy. Filed bankruptcy 6 times. And despite all that, he still managed to lose 1 billion dollars in 10 years. He's never built anything.
Because of this amazing woman, I'm alive today. I also had cervical cancer but it was caught soon enough and I've been cancer free for almost 20 years. Thank you for this excellent tribute to her.
As an American I am saddened that I had never heard of this woman, her story and her unknowing service to the world. Thank you for sharing this. I like these episodes on little known but extremely important figures
Kelly There is a book about her, her life, and her families continued struggles. It also talked about the journey her cells took and what amazing scientific discoveries were made with the. 😅Also how her cells would “infect” other cells if stored in the same room as hers! When the Russians claimed to have their own “immortal cells”, DNA proved they were Henrietta Lacks. Many wish for some form of immortality. But sometimes, fate has other plans and chooses someone unlikely to be granted that honor. RIP Henrietta. Your cancer may have killed you.....but not all of you. Ironically, it gave you a cellular immortality. You are now a international phenomenon who continues to affect the medical and scientific world.
Back when i was kid they made lol 👼 out of(( kids ))children. At least when adults were around. You didnt talk back !! You did what you were told you had no opinion!! If had one you stayed in your place!!! S.T.H.P kids were disiplined!$ and if they git out of line you were thorougly whiped!!!!
Henrietta is a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry. The name is an English version of the French Henriette, a female form of Henri. A short version of the name is Harriet, which was considered the "spoken form" of Henrietta, much as Harry was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. The name does not have a race, if you like the name use it.
I Am A Bajan. Cuthbert Well I don’t know about that!!!! I have known 3 white Henriettas in my life!!!! It’s actually a French name..... there is no such thing as a black name or a white name!!!! I have a Grandma named Florence Annie, an Aunt Birdi Ray and Unckle Jack Washington,,,,,, we are white!!! So your theory is out the window!
Honestly, I feel bad for Henrietta and Elsie. She sounds like a wonderful mother and I can't imagine how much it killed her to have her daughter committed but the fact that no one visited Elsie ever again after her mother's death is so tragic. You'd think maybe her father or aunts would, or maybe their siblings when they reached adulthood but they didn't. It broke my heart to hear that.
I was just educating a few folks on the life of Henrietta Lacks yesterday, who were in desperate need of a reality check. It’s because of her unique make up that we owe our lives and the lives of those who came before us. It’s sad that there are some who can hear her story and not acknowledge her for her contribution to humanity. And despite her contributions, we live in a country that is perfectly ok with her legacy being kept from from the world and buried along with the countless other contributions made by those who didn’t have a voice to speak out against the cruelties they lived everyday. You’ve made a subscriber out of me! Much appreciation and respect for sharing this remarkable woman.
I'm British and all of this is completely new to me.I find it sad that this lady isn't known about by everyone given her amazing contribution to medicine.It's so sad she suffered such an untimely and painful end.
I read her life story years ago and have always been a hero to me and will be one of the women I would have liked to met in person. Thank you for being a lady who lives in all our lives throughout the world. Thank you Henrietta Lacks.
Why are people making her out to be some kind of heroine? All she did was get cancer and die. The fact is she led an unremarkable life. It's only down to good luck that some samples were taken AND they were of great use to medical research. I's not as if she knew anything about it...
I'm sitting here, knitting a hat for a friend who is about to start chemo treatment. She is black, and in her 30s. I can barely hold back tears. I'm so glad for the cancer research possible because of this young woman. My friend stands a better chance at winning her battle because of it. However, I'm also so angry and sad about what so many have gone through -- especially how many don't have health insurance when companies make millions in profit. When I say profit, I mean the extraneous money that is made for rich people to become richer, after the cost of production, research, salaries, donations etc. Healthcare should not be a "for profit" industry in that way.
beautifully written :} and i totally agree with you. ( i hope people like you (and me) get Democrats elected . It would be a real mitzvah (happy, terrific event) to have a "for the people, nature, and the Earth" President. . . !!!!!) Knit her a nice warm, beautiful hat and tell her we all wish her well - a lot. . .
Especially considering the fact that MANY millions of our tax money is given to the drug companies to help with research. Plus research we directly pay for other places that has medical uses is shared with the same companies. But we have the highest prices and they don't even pay us back for our research money when they have a record setting product.
I hope your friend is doing better. I don’t believe the cancer research is doing anything except trying to make more money for Big Pharma. I saw this documentary called: the truth about cancer. Well...that was another eye opener..
@@feralbluee - The democrats are the WORST hypocrites. They pretend to care about the poor but are flooding the country with illegal migrants who will be a solid voting bloc for them while we have to suddenly compete with 30-60 million migrants for housing, jobs, medical care, food, etc. This will affect the poorest citizens the most - all so the democrats & their mega corporate backers will have a stranglehold on power in the US. It's all about power & the APPEARANCE of concern for the poor while they hurriedly push for media to ban/silence opposing viewpoints. They were aligned with the nazis before WW2. The nazis even got their ideas for racial purity, euthanasia & eugenics from the democrats. As a jewish person you should be ashamed for wanting to support this Satanic party that riles up their own mobs to attack & silence opposition just like the brown shirts did back then. Antifa in the US is just the newest version of the KKK - a bunch of white thugs sent out to terrorize the opposition. And they openly support terrorist elements like BLM & islam in order to use them to gain control & wealth for themselves.
What an incredible story. She's been a gift to the world and didn't even know it. It's very nice to see her immortalized here so others can know her important contribution.
Her friends and family said she was sweet, kind and very giving. I think Henrietta would have liked the fact that part of her helped so many live and be cured.
Henrietta's personal story was heartbreaking. However, the amazing things her cells did for science should receive more recognition. I remember a few years ago, my biology professor told us about how important HeLa was and how it relates to HIPAA. It's a deep subject.
Thank you for an informative video about Ms. Lacks. Too often "stories about Ms. Lacks do little to tell the woman's story - instead focusing on the HeLa cells. Even hospitals that served black patients would segregate them into black wards,
@@Biographics Did the Descendants of Henrietta Lacks receive any Royalties $$ on the hundreds of Pharmaceutical Patents on drugs and VACCINES developed using her DNA WITHOUT HER PERMISSION?
How Hollywood continues to churn out prequels and remakes of someone else’s creations- they could be making a movie on this amazing human who has literally saved millions of lives. WTAF
I read an article on Henrietta in nursing school. It doesn’t seem right that her family was never compensated for the use of her cells. I have seen death from cancer and I am saddened to imagine the pain she had in her final days. Thank you for the video, I found out more about her than I knew before.
i agree! they couldn't even afford insurance but people were cultivating and selling her cells for profit. The LEAST they could have done was give them some sort of settlement so that they could buy insurance! good gravy! so much greed!
@@mellie4174I'm sure John's Hopkins believes they did compensate her by giving her free medical during her life. And by the standards of the day that was probably a fair trade off for her. She did die but without the care she received nobody would have benefited not her. She would have probably died sooner without the help from the hospital.
When I went to university the whole freshman class had to read a book about her and I loved it! It made me so interested! Thank you for the wonderful episode!
Henrietta was an incredibly brave, strong woman. Her suffering is heartbreaking and no one back then realized how important her case was, or how amazing her contribution to the medical field really had been. She's an unsung hero.
I love the respect and appreciation you show your subjects. It is great to see the compassion you have speaking of the pains she endured. It’s your strenght and what differentiates you from other channels and conventional documentaries.
Brings a whole new meaning to the old phrase "black dont crack". But in all seriousness, it's good that there are informative videos out here about her. But it's horrible how her family was just completely thrown aside. Did the researchers not think that *perhaps* her family had inherited whatever makes her cells "immortal"? I think that at the very least they should be compensated.
Every time I hear Henrietta's story, I can't stop shaking my head and rolling my eyes at how this woman saved so many white Americans, meanwhile they were racist af to Black people. In 1940s medical experts insisted that Black ppl couldn't get polio and shouldn't receive medical treatment :/ Leading up to the epidemic, white ppl died 383 out of every 100,000. And in 1952 during polio epidemic, over 2k americans died and over 20,000 were mild-disably paralyzed. BUT A BLACK WOMAN SAVED AMERICA during one of their worst crisis. Meanwhile in the 50s segregation laws were in effect and lynchings of Black ppl were daily. Henrietta saved so many Americans, is hardly taught about in school,, doesnt receive enough credit from society, and Black women still don't get treated well in America 🙄 just had to block a clueless racist yesterday 😤😩 so unfair it's almost laughable. /end rant
@@johno4521 Well said, johno; why not give a shout out to honour ALL the people over the years, irrespective of colour or race, who have WILLINGLY donated their bodies to medical research, to facilitate many discoveries. Are they not heroes...?
Wow... this actually gave me chills at the end. More videos like this, please. More on people that may not be as household a name as the majority of your other videos. These videos of lesser known people every now and then are very, very interesting
This one really hit home for me. I’ve been in agony since 26 yrs old and wished for death many times though not suicidal at all. Living with that much pain and no pain killers really work enough... and worrying about your children... that’s my life now. It sucks. Full stop. Her not wanting to worry her family is amazing. Right choice or not ... that’s a strong will.
Thank you for making this Video and I think The Lacks have a case against the hospital and who ever uses her cells in the fight against anything. We owe Henrietta a great deal of gratitude.
What a BRAVE, BRAVE Woman!!!! And yes, Henrietta's children should have gotten 'Royalties' from the cells the 'Medical Community' took from their mother.
I’m really saddened that her daughter died alone not knowing what happened to her mother. There are a lot of mixed feelings with this story. Thank you for telling it. I wish peace for that whole family.
Thanks Simon. If anyone wants more on this amazing story read 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, By Rebecca Skloot. It's heartbreaking and uplifting.
Wow! Fantastic video. Every bit of it was fascinating, but I was especially touched by Henrietta's connection to Jonas Salk. I'm an early boomer and well remember when Salk's vaccine became available. I well understand the ethical considerations, but on the other hand, I think that if, somehow, Henrietta could know that she, in some sense, saved millions of lives, she might be pleased by that knowledge. Her last words may imply that. If I may, perhaps you could do a biography of Jonas Salk. All of our lives are part of a complex web of interconnected lives.
Looked up some of the HeLa research done. Just in my extended family there are many who have benefited because of this research. I doubt there are many families who have not benefitted from this woman. I want to extend a thank you to her family and hope they have a blessed life.
What a terrible injustice was done to Henrietta and her family! Her family needs and should have health care for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Lacks was a magnificent woman.
Injustice? She received the best possible care at Johns Hopkins and lived longer than others with that cancer, regardless of race or wealth. The doctors followed all consent procedures in place at that time and gave away the cells to researchers to develop other drugs with. She sounds like a good mother and a nice lady, but nothing unusual about her life other than getting good medical care.
Thank you for talking about Henrietta. I learned about her in research ethics classes and it's always very welcome to see people talking about her. She was a hell of a woman and we all owe much to her.
@Ru22eLL still a horrible person. If Mrs. Lacks and her cells didnt exist, at that time, then the scientists wouldnt have 'discovered' much, would they. I'll have to research about other immortal cells.
The 50s were wild. My grandma had uterine cancer of some type when she gave birth to my mother by emergency c section (she went into labor prematurely and since my mom was a tiny baby they decided on the c section for her safety)... anyway when they opened her up they found the cancer so they just pulled out her uterus while they had her open. My grandma of course was put under for the surgery and learned she had a baby daughter instead of a boy and that daughter was in a sort of incubator for while. A few months later her doctor thought to ask if she had any discomfort from her hysterectomy. She was floored. That was the first time someone mentioned anything about it to her. Like... holy crap.
Thank you for bringing to the general public a very informative biography on such an important and generous woman. In her life and death she gave so much. I started to learn about HeLa while studying Biomedical Science at university and couldn’t learn enough about what they were and where they came from. This case also helped bring to life the first ‘Informed medical consent’. A large milestone for all. HeLa has helped the lives of everyone of us watching this documentary yet she goes mostly unknown. Thank you for spreading the word of an incredible woman.
One of the most interesting episodes yet simon! Fascinating story about the life of Henrietta, and a real eye-opener for many people like myself who had heard of HeLa before but not the incredible story behind it!
I live in Baltimore County, Maryland. I've had the pleasure of visiting her home in Turner's Station. I love Mrs. Lacks. She has saved so many lives and continues to do so everyday. We owe her and her family so much.
Damn Simon.... first I thought Oscar Wilde? Can’t get better than that then bruce lee?!?! Daaaaammmmnnnn man you goin all out bro hellz yea now this lady!?!? This might be the most inspiring one yet keep up the amazing work bro
I know that it was a different time but how awful to just take her cells without obtaining her or her husband's consent. I just realized that I have benefited from her cells. I've never had cancer but after I was adopted, I was vaccinated against polio. Because work on a polio vaccine was done using the HeLa cell line, polio has become become much less of a scourge than it was before the polio vaccine became available. My parents remembered the great polio epidemics and took care to get me vaccinated. Everyone who is protected from contracting polio owes Mrs Lacks a debt of gratitude.
This story is tragic. As a disabled person who grew up in care I can almost relate although I am White and british. My mother died of pancreatic cancer 5 years ago. My heart goes out to this family.
Thank you for another amazing female biographic. This was a subject I had never heard of before and Henrietta Lacks seems to have been a wonderful woman. Her death was a very sad one. I am glad I have gotten to know more about her and the HeLa cell research. Your team does an excellent job of researching these topics and people and you are a wonderful presenter, Simon.
Wow...I work in the medical field and the "HeLa cell" is a term that is intermittently used in our medical linguistics. I never questioned the origin of HeLa cells nor do I remember it being taught in detail, beyond the scientific ( my field was clinical as opposed to research or laboratory). Although how the cells were obtained was unethical (today), I hope the Henrietta Lack's legacy may help ease the pain it caused to her family. Great video. I rarely post but this one deserves kudos. Thank you
Felix Krull A woman who endures what she did, who worked as hard as she did, who cared as much as she did for others is not unremarkable and you are a sad, pathetic person if you think otherwise. grow up.
Felix Krull And dealt with a lot of pain and turmoil. She was a remarkable human who endured a lot of suffering and cared for others during this. these accomplishments could never have been done without her and she's important. Honestly? Just go away.
Amazing content as usual my good sir! & I'm really feeling that cheesy 1990's "Mortal Kombat-ish"/Fighting video game type of music playing with every chapter title lol
They need to compensate her family especially since Mrs. HENRIETTA was about family. She save lives beyond their repair. 🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️🙇🏿♀️
@shahla1123 It is legal to marry a close cousin in some states in America. Everybody on Earth is a cousin to everyone else. In Africa, first cousin marriage is considered an honor. I knew the uncle of the Emir of Kano, who married his female first cousin. I loved both of them. Alhaji Bukar.
Her last words weren’t words of pain but of those of a parent. She just wanted her family to take care of her children whom she loved likely more than life itself
Amazingly well done. Sad she past so young yet has helped so many and continues to. Thank you bio for the great work and especially thank you Henrietta Lacks.
For some reason i felt some satisfaction knowing that bigots world wide have benefited from the amazing cells from an black woman (not said with any intention of slander or to be derogatory). I am glad to hear of such a strong woman, helping all of humanity, even if she did not know it in her life time.
I came here to listen to the full story, because on this day of 2023, the family has finally been compensated for this woman's amazing contribution to the world.
thank you for choosing to cover women's history. i love this channel but i must say learning about awesome women has inspired me and ive gained a greater appreciation for this channel
Fun fact: Henrietta's hometown of Roanoke recently announced plans to build a statue of her in Downtown. Good to see the recognition, even if it is coming far too late
I have heard and research this phenomenal story about Henrietta so many times, and each time I'm still amazed by how great the Universe and God is. Her earthly life was short, but she will forever remain with God. God used her to save countless of lives, and for this her service although by man was not fully appreciated, she will be resting happily and peacefully with God. Thank You Henrietta for your Godly and yeomen service!
Wow you just got another subscriber,this is not the first time I've heard about Ms.Lacks, but the mere fact you did a bio on her speaks volumes about you knowledge of history. Thank you
I remember a coworker telling me about doing cell cultures in college. He said HeLa cells were aggressive contaminators of other cell lines. Even in labs that never worked with HeLa they would find it in their cultures. I also remember reading an article in the late 80s saying they came from a patient named Helen Lange.They were still denying her families claims at that time.
