All 11 Uses
hepatitis
in
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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- A small boom box leaned against one wall blaring a gospel call-in show, with a preacher screaming something about the Lord curing a caller of hepatitis.†
Chpt 1.10 *hepatitis = disease that causes inflammation of the liver
- Beecher published a detailed list of the twenty-two worst offenders, including researchers who'd injected children with hepatitis and others who'd poisoned patients under anesthesia using carbon dioxide.†
Chpt 2.17
- Because of that, he'd been exposed to the hepatitis B virus again and again, though he didn't find out until decades later, when a blood test showed extremely high concentrations of hepatitis B antibodies in his blood.†
Chpt 3.25hepatitis B = a potentially long-term liver infection spread through contact with infected blood or body fluids
- Because of that, he'd been exposed to the hepatitis B virus again and again, though he didn't find out until decades later, when a blood test showed extremely high concentrations of hepatitis B antibodies in his blood.†
Chpt 3.25
- Researchers around the world were working to develop a vaccine for hepatitis B, and doing so required a steady supply of antibodies like Slavin's, which pharmaceutical companies were willing to pay large sums for.†
Chpt 3.25
- He wanted someone to cure hepatitis B. So he wrote a letter to Nobel Prize-winning virologist Baruch Blumberg, who'd discovered the hepatitis B antigen and created the blood test that found Slavin's antibodies in the first place.†
Chpt 3.25
- He wanted someone to cure hepatitis B. So he wrote a letter to Nobel Prize-winning virologist Baruch Blumberg, who'd discovered the hepatitis B antigen and created the blood test that found Slavin's antibodies in the first place.†
Chpt 3.25
- With the help of Slavin's serum, Blumberg eventually uncovered the link between hepatitis B and liver cancer, and created the first hepatitis B vaccine, saving millions of lives.†
Chpt 3.25
- With the help of Slavin's serum, Blumberg eventually uncovered the link between hepatitis B and liver cancer, and created the first hepatitis B vaccine, saving millions of lives.†
Chpt 3.25
- Without those tissues, we would have no tests for diseases like hepatitis and HIV; no vaccines for rabies, smallpox, measles; none of the promising new drugs for leukemia, breast cancer, colon cancer.†
Chpt Aft.hepatitis = disease that causes inflammation of the liver
- Baruch Blumberg, the Nobel Prize-winning researcher who used Ted Slavin's antibodies for hepatitis B research, told me, "Whether you think the commercialization of medical research is good or bad depends on how into capitalism you are."†
Chpt Aft.hepatitis B = a potentially long-term liver infection spread through contact with infected blood or body fluids
Definitions:
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(1)
(hepatitis) inflammation of the liver that can make it hard for the body to process wastes and other chemicalsThere are several types of hepatitis viruses, including hepatitis A, B, and C. Type A spreads mainly through contaminated food or water. Types B & C spread through contact with infected blood or body fluids. Some infections go away, but others can become long-term and damage the liver.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)