Resources from the Author's Website
Resources from Random House
Across the Curriculum:
| Biology |
cell reproduction; tissue harvesting |
| Business |
business of tissue harvesting and economic impact; Intellectual Property Laws |
| Engineering |
analysis of machines George Gey invented to grow cells; current tissue culture technology; regenerative medicine |
| English/Literature |
storytelling, fact checking, linguistics; braided structure of the book |
| Health |
standards for ethical research; Johns Hopkins Hospital staff; informed consent; cancer research |
| History |
treatment of classes and races in 1950s & 1960s; Nuremberg Code; Tuskegee Syphilis Study; Nuremberg Trials |
| Math |
number of cells sold, reproduced, and remaining in storage |
| Psychology |
impact on the Lacks family and descendants |
| Sociology |
treatment of oldest child of Henrietta Lacks and children after her death |
| Adapted from Delaware County Community College Libguide |
