Reading Homework for 12/3

DUE Monday 12/3

​Please read Ch. 27 "The Secret of Immortality" + Ch. 28 "After London" and answer the following questions in your notebooks:

1. What did Harald zur Hausen discover in 1984? How does this discovery relate to Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells? Be specific.
2. What is the Hayflick limit? Why were Henrietta’s cells not subject to the Hayflick limit?
3. What did Deborah hope would happen as a result of the BBC documentary?
4. Who was Keenan Kester Cofield? What are some of the incidents that happened between him and the Lacks family?

A BLOCK ONLY:
Answer only questions 3 + 4