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Apr 15, 2017 · Seven years ago, Oprah was deeply moved by the astonishing book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the true account of a single patient who unwittingly transformed modern medicine. Now she’s starring in the HBO adaptation (out April 22) alongside Rose Byrne.
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Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks; Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot; Renée Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks; Courtney B. Vance as Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield; Reg E. Cathey as Zakariyya Lacks; Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Dr. Pattillo; Leslie Uggams as Sadie; Reed Birney as Dr. George Gey; John Douglas Thompson as Lawrence Lacks; Adriane Lenox as ...
YearAwardCategoryNominee (s)2017201720172017- Who Was Henrietta Lacks?
- What Medical Breakthroughs Came from Her cells?
- How Did The Lacks Family React?
Henrietta Lacks, a tobacco farmer, mother of five and the wife of a steelworker, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951. While undergoing treatment at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lacks unwittingly donated cancerous cells that doctors later discovered were able to stay alive. The immortal cell line meant doctors could test the same sample multip...
Lacks’s cells became known as the HeLa line and were essential in the development of the polio vaccine. The cells have also been used in gene mapping, AIDS research, cancer research, development of in vitro fertilization, cloning and more medical milestones.
For decades, Lacks’s family was kept in the dark about what happened to her cells. In 1973, the family learned the truth when scientists asked for DNA samples after finding that HeLa had contaminated other samples. The Lacks family had lived in poverty for most of their lives — finding out about the cells and how they were instrumental in launching...
Apr 12, 2017 · The movie adaptation, which debuts on HBO on April 22, takes a different storytelling approach, focusing on the lives of Lacks’s children, particularly her daughter Deborah, played by Oprah...
Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [1] was an African-American woman [4] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [A] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.
WATCH NOW. Oprah Winfrey stars in the true story of a woman's search for enlightenment about her mother -- whose cancer cells would save millions. Watch The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks online at HBO.com. Stream on any device any time. Explore cast information, synopsis and more.
Apr 22, 2017 · She was survived by five children, one of whom – Deborah Lacks (played by Oprah Winfrey) – is at the center of director George C. Wolfe’s film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which airs...
