Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. threadlike structure of nucleic acids/proteins carrying genetic information; this amount in the human body was discovered using Henrietta's cells
- 4. the substance used to treat the growing cancer
- 6. infectious disease that affects the lungs; the disease that most of Henrietta's children got
- 11. the type of cancer Henrietta had
- 14. the hospital in which Henrietta was treated
- 16. Lawrence's wife and caretaker of Henrietta's children
- 17. a difficulty that was common among the Lackses family
- 20. age of which Henrietta passed
- 25. the lady who was going to build the Henrietta Lacks Museum
- 26. Henrietta's son
- 28. the disease that was helped cured by HeLa cells
- 29. Henrietta's disabled daughter
- 30. Henrietta's cousin
- 31. HeLa cells were sent to space alongside this item
- 32. Henrietta's hometown
- 33. a type of cell division
Down
- 1. cells fusing with each other
- 2. HeLa cells helped create this type of treatment to treat cancer
- 5. the patient's right to know what is going on with them before experimented on
- 7. the cervical cancer expert and surgeon
- 8. a virologist who experimented with HeLa cells on prison inmates
- 9. Henrietta's husband
- 10. Henrietta's daughter who worked with the author
- 12. a medium that can be used to grow cells
- 13. an alias for Henrietta
- 15. the name of the cells that come from Henrietta
- 18. the doctor who took Henrietta's cells
- 19. a swelling part of the body that can be caused by cancer
- 21. the factory that produced and contained the HeLa cells
- 22. a high level of toxins in the blood of urea; cause of Henrietta's death
- 23. the author of this novel
- 24. the place where Henrietta and her family lived
- 27. Henrietta's older brother who helped take care of her children
- 34. not being able to become pregnant