Meet the Woman Who Will Still Be Alive in 1,000 Years
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Extra coupon to safe an additional 10% off We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye
"hey 42 here" Me: ohh f*ck, am I that old
I just ate a live cicada bug in a video 💪💥
@@KaasIsLekker no you didn't
When I saw the title "Meet the Woman Who Will Still Be Alive in 1,000 Years" I immediately thought of Queen Elizabeth II
She's a vampire lol
Isn't she already like 1000 years old? 🤔
i was thinking Cher but what about Kieth Richards?
Same
God save the queen
Imagine having immortal cells, but dying at a young age....... bruh
Her cancer cells were immortal. Their genetic code mutated in a way that the Hayflick no longer applied. Deadpool was made up of HeLa cells
@@internetopinion3043 Cancer man saves the day!
Atlest it wasn't contagious. Dogs have turned cancer into an std.
@@internetopinion3043 im made up of hella cells as well
@@IM2awsme And Tasmanian devils. 😕
This is insane. She saved lives She is immortal She was the first woman to go to space Stopped an epidemic This is amazing.
Bruh, first woman in space
@@speedgleb9389 lmao fr the first woman in space was russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova
@XxshitmasterxX thank you ! Half the people i know would say, Mae.C jemson
And she magically became white
Not the first, Russians were the first.
10:36 At the time, as you had mentioned, John Hopkins was the ONLY hospital in a HUGE are that would even see black patients. Further, they did it for free. The crux of the ethical issue is that she technically signed a release form allowing them to take multiple samples, but she signed it with an X. There is little possiblity that a woman who was in immense pain, a 6th grade education, and would have been intimidated by the raicial power structure would have understood the legalise of the paperwork she signed. The issue is that John Hopkins did not consider this aspect. On another sad note, her family thougth that there were thousands of copies of her whole body just sitting in labs around the world, thanks to people saying things like "She is immortal" instead of "Her cells are immortal". It was years before they were FINALLY introduced to a researcher who used HeLa cells, and thankfully they were glad to explain what was actually going on with their mother's cells, putting them to quite a bit of relief, for that issue at least. I suggest everyone read "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks".
Bro dropped his whole life story in this
LMAO
@@danmilew I know, you guys can't read past 120 characters.
@@teishahickman2108 dang you really got me bro 😎
@@danmilew Thank you Sis.
Truly, it’s a shame that I’m just now learning about Henrietta’s influence in the world just now…
Why is it a shame?
Raye Cufley, you aren't the only one. Extremely interesting video however.
@@dvult3684 Maybe because this person directly saved the lives of countless people and yet nobody knows.
@@thirtythreeeyes8624 So, by that logic, anything or anyone that saves lives is someone who is to be known, but other than that, it was quite literally not her who did it. She is, scientifically speaking, the collection of trillion of cells, each which is not her yet she is them. The cancer cells itself were her enemies, mutated cells. She hadn't caused it and likely never could. You couldn't say it was her who did it, it was the mutation of a cell, a cell that she is yet they are not her.
@@dvult3684 Without her existence those cells wouldn't exist so I think she deserves at least a little credit and apparently so did the Dr. who named them after her.
May her soul rest in peace, she unintentionally helped/saved the lives of so many people, and I think not many are aware of that. I think she deserves to be on many history books. I also think her family should get a piece of that profit.
That person would probably be killed. Cancer treatment is a trillion dollar business.
Think about why she's not mentioned!
5:02 i like he's name lol
Why should someone be rewarded for something they did unintentionally and something they would likely not have done if given the option to have intentions.
@@SeeFreeTV intentional or not the question is what is moralistic.
I think providing her family free medical treatment is the least they can do to show gratitude
I agree
Everybody should have free medical treatment my dude. Or at least reasonably affordable medical that's actually good. Like let the same medical treatment the millionaires get be the same for everyone. I just smoked some good ahh weed so I'm finna accidentally ramble so my bad my nigga lol
Bruh everyone should have that but Trump and his party dont like the idea
Why? Are we going to do that for the thousand of doctors who ACTUALLY made the discoveries? Why not give all THEIR families free medical treatment? While you're at it, maybe you can give all of their assistants free medical treatment. And their friends too. And neighbors. And the guy down at the supermarket that bags their groceries. Sorry, but I don't agree. Where would it end? I mean, evidently she has a huge family. What was it, 10 brothers and sisters? Now with dozens of their own kids and probably hundreds of grand kids. And how many generations? Forever?? Listen, there is an infinite number of situations that warrant pats on the back and good will. But technically she didn't do anything. It was the researchers that did. Why not just accept that the true heroes - those who actually make discoveries and create wonderful solutions - are the people who make the differences in our lives. I had a friend that donated his body to science. Should his family and friends and neighbors all get some goodies for any discoveries that might have been the result of the use of his body? Didn't think so. Let's don't get caught up in the band wagon. It's fortunate that the brilliant researchers were able to use her cells. Let's leave it with that.
100% agreed.
Her cells are basically independent single-celled mammals and I find that extremely fascinating. There are other cases where evolution basically lead to incredible life forms that look nothing like what you’d expect, like Rhizocephala, which are parasitic crabs that look nothing like crabs - Wikipedia explains it better than I could though
Read the book “the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.” It was messed up out she was treated, but ultimately she has saved countless love throughout the world.
The book is awesome
I’ve read it. And you’re right this woman who suffered and died so young has saved thousands of lives. The least the US could do would be to ensure her relatives have proper health care.
I'm glad his news is getting out. I just got the book as assigned reading for 11th grade English!
i'm reading it right now for english class! literally amazing
The book is awesome! They made a TV movie of it with my buddy Rose Byrne playing Rebecca Kloots, who wrote the book
Despite her not having any choice in the matter, thank you Henrietta Lacks, for what you have given the world.
I think at this point she Lacks the ability appreciate your gratitude.......
@@mizomint4197 that’s cold man... but definitely a great jab 😅
You should read the book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". 🙏
@Lerone murpy When it's for the greater good, the lives that may be saved are more important
The cell biologist George Otto Gey is the one who should get all the credit but for some reason no one gives a f* about him, everyone is praising a woman that did literally nothing wtf
I think Henrietta would have liked your thoughtful and respectful treatment of her life and story
Yes ! I read the book written about her, I admire her personality and I think more people should know her story. And not just HeLa but the woman they came from
The book on her life is amazing. It took 10 yrs to write. It covers her life, bioethics, racism and so much more.
Racism? Not the sexism she may have had to deal with? Nevermind. Finished the video and saw she was African American.
One of my favourite books.
@@mellowmallow4855 Well both, especially for black women. Misogynoir is its whole own load of horrible trash.
@@emberwilliams8902 I know that now. I was looking at the comments before finishing the video, and I'm sorry, but the artist rendering if get did not depict her as a black woman to me. So when I came across this comment I was thrown off.
What is the book called?
So Henrietta lacks was functionally immortal, but died of cancer. Huh.
Its ironic that her cancer cells were also immortal and thats what killed her as the cancer treatment could not kill those cells.
Bet anything cancer treatment killed her. Cancer is nothing more than the body adjusting the terrain to repair or fix a problem.
@@Cymru1987 that's SO wrong. Hope you read up on this better.
@@Cymru1987 cancer is bad mkay
@Yulee Be Me cant believe a youtube comment made me finally understand what cancer cells actually are
Thank you Mrs. Henrietta Lacks. You merely existing was an incomprehensible blessing to humanity and will forever be one. She truly will be known for as long as history itself lives. People will not forget her. It’s too humanely significant. She will live on physically for hundreds if not thousands of years, but she will be a legend for humanity… all of humanity. She was such a beautiful woman. I hope her ancestors carry on her legacy.
I wish I could go back in time and give her a hug and tell her how important she would be to all of humanity and how grateful we are. It may have given her a certain peace in her last days.
I wished she would have lived to realize how much of an impact she made, albeit involuntary, on medical research, and the many lives her cells saved. She truly deserves a posthumous Nobel prize.
Who says she didn't see it?
@@phoenixstormjr.110 she died a year after the birth of her last baby, which means she died a year or less after she went to the doctor and got her cells taken to the lab. So ultimately, she didn’t live to see it
I dont really think she counts, since she didnt discover anything?
@@pamelam1101 She died. Why does that mean she didn't see it? 😉
They don't give Nobel prizes posthumously. It's why alot of people who probably deserved one didn't get one. Well that and they take forever to actually give them out.
Imagine being dead, not knowing you saved and still save the world thousands of times.
Who knows what happens after death...
@@arnevajsing7120 by what we know, nothing. Everything else is belief
You’re dead, so it doesn’t matter that you don’t know.
@@pyrointeam But you don't know. Nobody knows.
@@EllaEllaEh Well yes, nothing matters if you are dead. That's why i said "Imagine" to the living, because whilest still alive you would be interested. The sentence is all about the living, becaus dead people can't have no imagination.
May her legacy be blessed for all the lives she had unknowingly saved
It's crazy how the father couldn't handle his own kids. But you bet their mother was home alone handling them. 🙄 It's sad what they all went through.
The absolute greatest example of “black don’t crack” I have ever seen
Sad thing big pharma make millions form her and the family see none of it.
@@jbone9900 But is it though? If I randomly gained the ability to fly, but then died, and then the cells were taken and studied and that led to a breakthrough in the discovery of flight for the human race, why would a random chance unrelated to actual work on my part be given to me or my family?
@@Theendman42 so it's okay for the giant corporations to screw folks but the woman's family who gave the cells shouldn't have anything. and the rich man who had nothing to do with it should make millions. no wonder company's think they run the world when the sheep runs idiotic to the defense just to be trampled by the elites.
@@jbone9900 The person who's cells those more so had nothing to do with it, it's not like the person developed control over their cells and then patented their super-cells. This was cancer cells from a person, they are naturally taken during routine medical examinations to test the tissue, if the tissue survives and further help out the world, cool. I don't own my "cells" per say, they aren't my "property," especially cancer cells. I don't see how anyone was really "screwed" in this scenario.
@@Theendman42 that's why the are not held responsible because of people with your sheep mentality.
If this is a simulation, she should be considered a glitch.
She was a mod
If this is a simulation the creators are insane.
Imagine thinking the world is a simulation lol tinfoil conspirators
@@chrisalonzo3770 Imagine overlooking the word "IF" so you can insult people
Uyhjio
Loved that episode. She saved millions and will continue saving lives
did a school project about this amazing human who deserved so much better, forever grateful for what she’s given us though ❤️
Elizabeth: Finally, a worthy opponent! our battle will be legendary.
Nah, Elizabeth is way more powerful. She did create the universe after all.
@@prophecybydefault4708 Naw bro I think that was chuck Norris
@@crimeegg4917 oh yh, my bad. She created the Earth.
@@prophecybydefault4708 ye
Royals are worthless parasites, and this poor woman had to endure every kind of suffering a human being could endure. Elizabeth has nothing on Henrietta.
it would be nice if the company's making so much profit would reach out to her family, & do the morale right thing
Would be cool if they did that and also named a wing at John Hopkins or maybe put up a statue of her.
Dude they made a statue of floyd lmao people dont take truth as a guide anymore
Henrietta's family didn't take responsibility for disposing properly of biological samples (which if the hospital does wrong they can be fined or sued over), so she also doesn't get the money for what comes from it.
Morals..lol.people don't want to fight back so it's only going to get worse..enjoy the ride
@@jamiegrowthanddevelopment9664 So?
This woman saved so many lives. Absolutely beautiful.
Another excellent video - I'm loving dining into your back catalogue! Each video is so well put together, they must take a lot of research and time to put together. Thank you for your hard work!
Title:"Meet the woman who will still be alive in 1,000 years" First sentence: immediately refers to Henrietta in past tense
By that definition we all have ancestors who have “lived” much longer than 1000 years.
@@appalachiangunman9589 haha by that definition, no one's ever died at all
@@Nell_Isabel passed on through children - according to science, except age, start from zero.
Did you watch the video until the end? Lacking interpretation?
Every time I see your newest story I think, " How the hell did he find this? No way he's gonna be able to keep this up. " now 2 years later and still surprises me.
probably watcher recommendations + help from writers/a team
I thought this is re-upload because I've seen that story several weeks ago.
Today I Found Out covered this beginning of last month
@@seeingyouaround And don't forget other creators. I wouldn't call it plagiarism but it gets close to "Can I copy your homework but change it abit?"
@@kelvinjanssen7889 he does it with style though!
This video was much more than I bargained for, So many interesting facts, thank you so much for creating and sharing such contents with us, Ive been following you for several years, and you never cease to impress me, I learnt so much from your videos, you truly are inspiring !
Happy New Year 2023! What an outstanding sharing this was!
At 20 tons she'd also be the heaviest person in history
2nd heaviest actually ya forgot about my Mom
@@surupmaple2426 Ooh, self-burn! Those are rare
@@surupmaple2426 it's been way too long since I heard a yo mama joke. Thank you.
@@LetsbeHonestOfficial wasnt a self burn it was me just making fun of my fat lard of a ma
@@surupmaple2426 Even better
This woman needs a prominent mention in every history text book taught to school children
I'm not sure if any other schools do, but my class learned about her in biology
@@alexislara-amerson1472 its a really cool fun fact to add in relevant chapters
We're just watching this video instead XD, we don't have paper history textbooks anymore. Plus, it's much more informative 👍
Lol no she doesn't.
Every biology textbook should mention her story.
My aunt had TB at an early age and it got bad. She was sent from CA to NY and spent many years in the hospital there. She is also written in the medical history books.
I knew who exactly you were talking about when I read the title. I'm so glad you covered the nuance of the moral conundrum
This guy can turn the most boring topic into a very interesting story. Maybe the best on KZhead, and there are quite a few good ones. His down-to-Earth, youthful British accent helps, I guess.
It wasn’t boring at all…
I believe he is Scottish, if I’m not mistaken.
i blame it on that swave snake oil salesman mustache
I totally agree.
HeLa cells are boring?
aaran: she died also aaran: she is immortal
I'm new, that's his name ?
He does look like an Aaran or an Aaron
@@ario2223 His actual name is Arran Lomas (yes, Aaron would be a variant of this name, but not Aaran). He's English, from Lancashire, but the name is supposed to be Scottish, so there's that.
Honestly the quality of videos this man outputs is insane and some of the footage he uses I would never understand where he manages to get it from
God how much I admire her. We studied The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in one of my classes and she continues to come across my mind so frequently
Henrietta Lacks? More like Henrietta Lacks the Hayflick limit
*slaps knee*
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I wish I could like this comment twice
I found the band kid
This deserves more likes.
Henrietta's Family deserves to be rewarded financially.
FR
I think there is a lawsuit going on currently.
Sad that there’s people out there that see something like this and their first thought is “money opportunity”
@@seanking502 *nod*
This is kinda silly. The idea the cells alone have saved or created any of this research is ludicrous. There were several studies, and r&d involved to create this.
I've never heard of this story. It is pretty amazing. Thanks for posting your vid!
Dear Henrietta Lacks, you have helped millions of people and I am sure my progeny will be among them. Thank you dear lady. Thank you so much 💐
I find it sad that when it’s asked who are/were the 20 most influential women ever Henrietta Lacks, to this day is still relatively unknown yet she has had such a profound effect on mankind! You’re more likely to find one of the Kardashians on the list..
Disgusting
I'm assuming it's because she didn't actually do anything remarkable herself. It was more of a dumb luck situation. But despite this, there are many women who have had great ideas and contributions to humanity who are not very popularly known at all. It's a shame.
I mean she didn’t do anything
@@kenyenmusic7548 Haha yea that's what I'm saying.
i don't get how, i was taught about her in school. i thought everyone knew her
We have Henrietta Lacks to thank for so much.
It was her just that her cancet cells survived in a culture we have the cells that went cancerous to thank
im so glad that he talked about the darker side of the story. I knew exactly what this video was about before I even watched it and I was like "he better mention the not-so-great stuff". so glad he did. people derserve to know
@@helencobler you're petty af 🤣😂
Thank for what?! not her, but the scientists yes
@@autarchyan5426 scientists couldn't have done anything without her cells so yes I'd still thank her.
The court said the family had no right to “discarded cells”, but those cells weren’t discarded. They were taken.
This really is a pretty incredible story, Henrietta Lacks and George Otto Gey are two names that should be much better known
Imagine if she never went to the doctors- the medical field would definitely be different lol
Dr. Gay lol
@@indibiningingman6510 You have a garbage sense of humor
bojan it was Gey, not Gay, you ignorant child.
@@bingsterdc why are you insulting a child
@@jakubjojko9452 somebody’s got to do it.
i wrote a 3 page essay on henrietta lacks for my girlfriend. i had never heard of her until she brought up the essay at 1am that was due at 12pm the next day, but i learned so much by doing research. i’m so proud of that essay and i’m so glad i’ve learned about the HeLa cells and the influence henrietta contributed without even knowing it.
Good job on the essay but I’m curious as to why your gf wouldn’t do it herself
@@chelsea3845 Don't worry. She'll soon be wafted on pillows to a high power job in a tech giant where she'll spin a yarn about how oppressed her life has been AND her success through hard work is a shinning example for women everywhere.
your gf has you around her little finger.
I read this like you wrote an essay for your girlfriend just for something to do. Like giving her flowers or making her dinner 😂
It's okay once she breaks up with you she can be stupid due to not caring about school and it will show 👍
“And when my time is up Have I done enough? Will they tell my story?” May Henrietta know the good she’s done and her family be prosperous
As an American cultural historian, I was acquainted with the outline of this story. But I appreciate the informative and interesting presentation of the background and results of the full story of Henrietta's cells, and the conflict instituted by her relatives. Thanks for your many interesting presentations. At over 80, I have deeded my body, after death, to be used for medical research, to prevent my relatives from profiteering from my death. Keer up the good work, Arron !!😇😇
I thought you would be referring to Henrietta Lacks but the drawing didn’t make sense to me. Glad you are spreading the word about her life. She deserves more attention for saving so many countless people than she’s had. 🥰
Ikr 👍
yeah same I read the title and thought of Henrietta lacks but it was a drawing of a white woman? so I got rly confused
@@puppycat2397 She was probably mostly white but because of the one drop rule, she was considered black.
You are right I thought they were referring to Henrietta but the pic they put up looked white.
I could tell it was Henrietta Lacks from the picture. She had a lighter skin (that is clear from the black and white photos of her) and the art was of a lighter skinned brown woman, like Henrietta Lacks. 🤷🏽♀️ And as for the use of the one drop policy in her, it is possible that it could have been the case, but it is also entirely possible that she isn’t mostly white, but still have some European features show and affect her skin tone. For instance, I’m 25% European, and 75% black, yet I am probably lighter in skin tone that she was (especially during the winter time). I get mistaken for being half white a lot of the time and yet I am not. A lot of black people in America has some European DNA in them and sometimes that shows more for some than with others. She was light skinned, and that is pretty clear from the black and white photos. She most likely had some European ancestry, but she may be mostly black and her skin happened to be just quite light because of the bit of European DNA in her.
Being in Baltimore this story always hits differently. It’s such a devastating and tragic tale for her family. We owe Henrietta Lacks everything.
Maybe you can start a go fund for her.
Thank you so much for posting this! I've never heard her story before. Our education system is indeed lacking...
When you realize there isn’t free healthcare for those in tough situations and then realize that everyone working at a hospital gets paid well…..this is really sad that her family couldn’t even afford treatment. Honestly, when did affording treatment rely on money so much? I remember being raised that we should care for one another, and if I could, I’d just treat whoever and charge them later at least. Turrible
I cultivated and worked with HeLa-cells cells during training to be a biology lab tech. We did discuss where they were from and the ethics beforehand though
I bet that didn’t help her rest in peace. Her family is still suffering.
@Gilda that person didn't even point fingers at the original commenter. Not sure why you had a reaction like this to her reply.
Learn about her in my MLT course.
@Gilda overreact much?
@Gilda snowflake
She inadvertently achieved immortality. I mean, that's like the ultimate win, right?
I agree, would be nice to stay conscious too, though.
@@kelvinjanssen7889 WORD!
Well, being strip mined for medical use is a real downside.
@@kelvinjanssen7889 Well, you can't have everything.
Who the fuck wanna be immortal, euwww
They "frived" (thrived)! That has to 42's worst attempt yet when it comes to his epic and habitual struggle to phonetically pronounce words that start with "th". I love it!
Saw the traveling museum in Kalamazoo after reading the book, so good.
“What happened to my kidney?” “OH, we sold it on EBay.”
😂😂😂😂
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12:16
@Toxic Joypad wtf
The patient’s reaction was: oh ok
"Hela" sounds exactly like "healer" WOW!
Sounds exactly like The God of hell în The Thor universe.
Yeah, but the Healer Lacks just compensation (at least for her mortal descendants).
@Blackoliver They didn't kill her. They tried to save her live, but her cancer was to strong.
@Blackoliver Whoa there bukaroo, I think you should take a break from church this Sunday.
That's racist lol
What a wonderful legacy Henrietta Lack left our World. Thank you 💕
Thank you Henrietta!!! 💜
It is sad to think this young girl died of the very thing that is still living today, I do however think that some form of what this girl has done for medical research should be acknowledged, and to at least give her children a payment of thanks to such a unique and wonderful woman, xxxx Dede
She didn't do anything besides being lucky, and her children are racist and greedy.
I agree with you, theawakeningangel.
@@SeeFreeTV obsessed much? I’ve seen your profile under various comments advocating against her family receiving reparations.
Yea.. extracting cells that could cure cancer, being withheld, or charging the cancer patient for treatment is not right, period, no matter how you try to justify it.
Welcome to murica
Have you read Medical apartheid? If not you should.
Yes it is
I'm a cancer survivor and signed off on my oncologist using my tumor for medical research. They are developing 4 different chemo free treatments with it. He is head of a research team at MD anderson now.
Wonderful presentation! This should be taught in schools.
I would feel cheated out of wealth if my cells help make others rich and all I get is a casual nod, or less than even that. I want at least a substantial finders fee, commission, or royalties, etc.
Maybe your translucent soul can escape hell and ask them for a golden coffin and some jewels on your decaying bones, mate.
@@dvult3684 Ok, I think being buried like an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh would do very nicely.
@@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 Not much to ask in the early 1900s.
Your parents made you so wouldnt they be the ones to benefit from the product, not you? And their parents parents and so on and so forth.
Exactly! I completely agree with you. I'm sure she has generations in her family that are still around today that would have very well benefited from a financial gain.
If she helped get rid of polio … she didn’t just save countless of lives so far… she will eternally save human lives ❤️
Truly an incredible story and never gets old.
This story Is insane so cool ! How have I had not heard of it before 💜
When Aaron is 41 years and 364 days old, you can bet he'll be staying up to midnight to deliver -that- line on a live stream.
She should have #GoVegan 💚 and fasting is good too! (;
@Shack do you need English lessons?
@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked wtf
Make sense.
@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked did i ask
When he said Henrietta Lacks I was so happy. I learned about her in high school and he story shocked and still shocks me. Her family deserves justice!!
They deserve appreciation for Henrietta’s contribution to society. Justice would imply being unfair/ cruelty. A lot of people are alive today because of her cells. How it was taken from her was improper.
@@grouchyoldman5348 It actually wasn't, as the video describes.
@@grouchyoldman5348 justice would be to PAY her family and descendants.
@@matchaeyllefor doing what
Hospitals wouldn’t even treat her.. We’ve done too much for a world that dont appreciate our contributions.. Where’s Wakanda ?
I remember reading a book about this amazing woman in school.
"Meet the Woman Who Will Still be Alive in 1,000 Years" Okay, but I already know who Betty White is Edit 1/1/2022: This uh... this comment did not age well at all 😐
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funny i just saw a post about her today n how she’s turning 100 yrs old soon
Oh damn... :(
This really aged like milk huh
well.... this aged
"hey 42 here" never gets old.
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@@wet0wl he knows it's a joke because it sound like 42 when he says it calm down
Thats exactly what I thought he said when I first found his channel
Made it 42 likes
42 is the best isn't he lol
8:59 That is the symbol for Biohazard, _not_ radiation! Instead, _this_ is the symbol for radiation: ☢, the inner, white portion, not the outer circle.
My sister passed in 2013 from cervical cancer at 28yrs old leaving two younger behind.
I never personally used HeLa cells in the lab, but I am so aware of Henrietta Lacks' unwitting contribution to science. I have used cancer cells from other people in my research and always take the time to know about the people whose cells I use: a 69 year old white Caucasion woman for the breast cancer cells, an infant of 2 years for the lung cells...knowing about these people is a way of respecting them, of acknowledging their lives, of memorializing them. It is odd to think that even though the person died, I am still growing their cells in the lab, little pieces of them are still alive. On a related note, a friend told me of how someone had put a culture of HeLa cells into the refrigerator, and they were still alive the next day. Most cells do not survive refrigeration. Those HeLa cells are tough.
She is saiyan
13:45 If we've learned anything in the last 15 months it's that there's a pretty good chance the person with the magic cancer curing cells would tell the rest of humanity to get lost.
It's awful, but true! I think in that case and the person was alive ubcan bet your ass the laws would change to see to it that said person (or extended family if something mysteriously happened to the subject) received compensation of some kind. And if not, I suppose, there's always the dark web. they could sell that shit there js!
Humanity doesnt deserve it
@@vaarius6737 Not you, but the rest of us do.
@@GalaxyGirl08 Keep dreaming
@@vaarius6737 You are definitely the person who would refuse it to later cry about that your dog died of cancer.
I've heard of her story before, extremely fascinating.
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I love the way the adverts are obviously pre recorded separately to the content. It makes it so easy to skip through the video by simply watching for the change of shirt and braces. Thanks!
good catch!
Thanks for the tip I didnt even notice that.
There's a plugin you can get that autoskips sponsor spots. The timecodes for the sponsor sections are crowdsourced and usually up within 30 mins of a video uploading.
@@Thecawesomeone Thanks! This is a useful tip.
This is an advantage of having ADHD, I didn't even notice the adverts.
I worked with HeLa cells while doing my university thesis, didn’t know the full story thou. RIP Henrietta, mankind thank you for your contribution to medical science.
Thank you Henrietta!!!!
I'm proud to be born at one of Jones hospitals NORFOLK GENERAL and this woman is life saver she is the reason why my great great grandpa Amoroso won the Nobel peace prize for reproductive study!!!!
"Meet the woman who will still be alive in 1,000 years" original title before it gets changed
why is he calling it that
Yeah bro, ultimate clickbait
I really wish the video titles didn't get changed.
Why do they charge?
When I saw the title I thought "I've already seen this" and that's because I have.
Its incredible how i never knew about this I can't imagine how she would react if she ever knew that her cells will have this crazy effect on the whole planet and humanity Wow Her family really deserved little bit at least of that money i can't believe how ungrateful corporations are
Actually, her family is ungrateful. They're suing for more than all the money ever made plus interest, after Henry was taken care of and received treatment, and after all the work the scientists did studying her cells, while she just laid back and died. That lawsuit will destroy science. I hope she has good cells, because those are the last cells anyone will ever study after this trillion dollar lawsuit is through.
This something I never knew!! Thank you for this video and all you have explained.. bless her soul and all her cells are helping … it’s a disgrace her family have had no economic compensation and perhaps should try to take their case to the Superior Courts of Justice? Just a thought though. I am blown away with this !
I subcultured HeLa cells and only learned their origin afterwards. Her cell line has helped advanced medical and research industries. Her family definitely should be compensated. I work in clinical research now and we still push to get under-represented population to participate in clinical research.
You are an amazing person, teaching thousands of people the importance of history of humans and their developments. congrats to you and your production team! keep it up. :)
I understand not needing permission, but when it comes to profit made off of that person. They should be getting a cut period.
Right that pissed me off too
In my opinion, both should be mandatory. Requiring consent and sharing the profits if there are any.
You think a billion dollar drug company would allow this? They can spend millions to lobby agents this. So...
yeah and nobel prizes get a lot of money
@Paul Mall that’s a whole different issue my guy. And you actually have the choice. So if someone is using your organs it’s because you’ve set it up that way
Great video, though the symbol you used for Radiation was the biohazard symbol
A statue of Ms. Lacks will replace the Robert E. Lee statue in Roanoke, Virginia. 💗
The intense irony in this case is; that the part of her that is immortal (and valuable) is the part that we immediately try to excise, and be rid of from the body. It adds another layer to the moral dilemma.
I think the moral question here is less “are her family entitled to profit made using research done on her cells” and more “what rights does a person have to their biological matter once it is no longer a part of their body?” Does it depend on where it comes from, if it’s taken or shed naturally? How much ownership does a person have over all their cells, living or dead? Where do you draw that line? And how much does Henrietta’s race, gender, and socio-economic status affect the reaction to say that her family should be compensated? It’s awful that she and her family after her struggle so much, as do many people of color for obvious reasons in this country, of course, but if immortal cells were found in a rich white man, would we argue that he deserves more money the same? And if yes, what are the moral implications from profiting off of a dying person’s cancer cells? And since so many doctors and scientists have studied and experimented with these cells over the decades, how much more compensation are they owed for their hard work that instead goes to pharmaceutical companies? I personally think Henrietta Lack’s family should be compensated in some way, if nothing else than because calling them “HeLa” cells is knowingly using HER name (I’m not sure what that’s considered- intellectual property?), but then logistically who would be responsible for paying? Soooo many questions and I don’t have many answers. I’ll definitely be thinking over this for a while…
I think many of us would probably agree with the "cells taken for the good of humanity" angle assuming it wasn't during a procedure where the patient was required to pay. It stops being a moral dilemma when the medical practitioners are essentially double dipping by charging the patient and then selling the products (even if it's only selling the research from the products).