Cancer cell research : the way of all flesh

Available as

Physical

Summary

"For years, scientists tried to get cancer cells to reproduce outside of the body with little success. Forty-five years ago, a few days before a woman named Henrietta died of cancer, a scientist to...

"For years, scientists tried to get cancer cells to reproduce outside of the body with little success. Forty-five years ago, a few days before a woman named Henrietta died of cancer, a scientist took samples of her cancerous cells and placed them in a human placenta to see if they would grow. Not only did they grow, but Henrietta's cells have since proven vital to cancer research worldwide. The program examines how the cells have advanced the war on cancer, and why they have caused controversy among scientists in the highly politicized research community."--Container.

Show More