Henrietta Lacks & Immortal Cells

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Across
  1. 3. As cells divide, they lose a bit of _____ each time.
  2. 4. Henrietta was pregnant with her ______ child at the time of her diagnosis.
  3. 8. We still use HeLa cells to test cosmetics, cleaners, and ________.
  4. 10. Though they have been extremely useful, there is ______________ around the use of HeLa cells.
  5. 11. The state in which Henrietta Lacks was born.
  6. 13. The scientist who received Henrietta's original cell sample.
  7. 14. The name Gey gave to the immortal cells.
  8. 15. The number of times a cell can divide before it dies.
  9. 16. Meaning "to grow outside the body in a container."
Down
  1. 1. The treatment used on her to cure her cancer.
  2. 2. A word meaning "without stopping."
  3. 5. The enzyme that is able to reverse the process of telomere shortening.
  4. 6. HeLa cells have helped to develop treatment for the _______ disease, among many other diseases.
  5. 7. The type of cancer Henrietta was diagnosed with.
  6. 9. The vaccine Jonas Salk was able to develop from HeLa cells.
  7. 12. The sections at the ends of DNA that do not code for anything.