During this part they describe in minor detail of how the cells may be able to outlive any other due to DNA section called telomeres. Henrietta has become so well known BBC did a documentary on her http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2010/06/the_undead_henrietta_lacks_and.html. the authors relationship with one of the daughters, Deborah, strengthened and Deborah is now happy about her mother opposed to feeling annoyed and pressured. Then comes a lot more family drama. They get over it and go altogether to Johns Hopkins to see the cancer research program and facility. On a bad note they find records of Elsie, Henrietta’s favorite of when she was in the mental hospital, the records suggest that she was part of terrible tests and trials. This was on a trip that Rebecca took with Deborah to Crownsville Hospital Center aka the Hospital for the Negro Insane. During their stay the two of them get into an argument over the records, Deborah tries to fix thing however Rebecca is iffy about the situation. Then a bunch of religious stuff happens between Deborah and Gary because she is freaking out about cells.
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