Illinois HR 250: CONGRATS-DANIEL COGLIANESE

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HR0250LRB104 12659 ECR 23406 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman, was born as 

3Loretta Pleasant to Eliza Lacks Pleasant and John Randal in 

4Roanoke, Virginia on August 1, 1920; she married David Lacks, 

5and they had five children; she passed away from cervical 

6cancer at the age of 31 in Johns Hopkins Hospital's racially 

7segregated "colored ward" in Baltimore, Maryland on October 4, 

81951, leaving behind her children, husband, and her "immortal 

9cells", known as HeLa cells, that became the foundation for 

10several advances in modern medicine and have saved over 10 

11million lives; she was buried at the Lacks Family Cemetery in 

12Clover, Virginia; and

13 WHEREAS, After her death, a scientist discovered that 

14Henrietta Lacks' DNA cells lived outside of her body and never 

15died; in contrast, all other human cells died after a few hours 

16outside the body; not only did her cells stay alive in the lab, 

17but the cells also replicated every 24 hours; during her 

18treatment, samples of her cancer cells were taken without her 

19knowledge nor her consent; said more emphatically, she did not 

20donate her cervical cancer cells; and

21 WHEREAS, Henrietta Lacks' immortal DNA cells were coined 

22"HeLa", combining the first two letters of her first name and 

23the first two letters of her last name, and were subsequently 

HR0250- 2 -LRB104 12659 ECR 23406 r

1camouflaged by the scientific community's pseudonym "Helen 

2Lane" rather than Henrietta Lacks; this massive medical 

3breakthrough allowed researchers to conduct experiments on 

4human cells outside of the body, and HeLa cells have played a 

5crucial role in medical science; and

6 WHEREAS, Scientists have continued t