Welcome to EP 5: HeLa Cells and Immortality! HeLa cells is a revolutionary event that led to numerous medical breakthroughs! It was quite a positive and good thing in scientific research, however, the same cannot be said about the ethics behind how these cells were discovered. Join us in exploring HeLa cells and the fascinating concept of immortality! Please follow, like, and drop a rating for our podcast- we appreciate the you take out to listen!!

I highly recommend reading the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, if this has piqued your interest! As always, we have linked our sources in the captions for you guys to go exploring!! :)

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/henrietta-lacks-family-settles-lawsuit-over-the-use-of-her-cells-without-consent-180982644/  
• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks  
• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks/importance-of-hela-cells 
• https://osp.od.nih.gov/hela-cells/significant-research-advances-enabled-by-hela-cells/ 
• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02494-z 
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-ways-henrietta-lacks-changed-medical-science/ 
• https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/telomeres#:~:text=An%20enzyme%20named%20telomerase%20adds,shorter%20and%20the%20cells%20age. 
• https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/enzyme-active-cancer-also-protects-normal-cells 
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16955216/ 
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/4000-mondays/202308/the-pursuit-of-immortality-achieving-an-enduring-legacy 
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/4000-mondays/202308/the-pursuit-of-immortality-achieving-an-enduring-legacy: