#roanoke va

[onefootin1941]

H&C Coffee sign in Roanoke, Virginia.

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Born Loretta Pleasants in Roanoke, Virginia Henrietta Lacks (August 1920-October 4, 1951) went to live with relatives in Clover, Virginia, after her mother died. In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. While she was receiving treatment in a segregated ward at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, researchers took a small piece from Lacks's tumor, without her knowledge, for research purposes.

While experimenting on the sample, scientists observed that Lacks's cells reproduced and thrived outside of her body, a result researchers had unsuccessfully attempted to secure for decades. Lacks died of cancer on October 4, 1951, and was buried in a family cemetery in Clover. The "immortal cells" from Lacks's body continued to grow, and researchers around the world began to conduct experiments with them. Today, billions of HeLa cells are in use in laboratories around the world.

This image is a photo courtesy of the Lacks family and was reprinted from the "Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot.

Learn more about Lacks on her Changemakers webpage at https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/changemakers/items/show/30

Henrietta Lacks · Virginia Changemakers

Site for VWIH, SMW, AAT

[lifecyclesofmayflies]

[randybacchus2u]

The Roanoke Star in Roanoke VA

[noordinarysunset]

Explorer Park Roanoke, Virginia

[chaoselph]

Drove by Texas Tavern today after record shopping, didn't stop in for a bowl with and a cheesey western. Photo from the 30s, outside pretty much looks the same. They auctioned off the original sign a few years ago.

[etherialism]

lil sketch from today

[kyrianne]

Otaku Hall? Did you happen to go to Hollins?

I did!!! 💚💛 Class of 2015! (I cannot believe that I’ve been out of college longer than I spent there. What the actual fuck??)

I hear it’s since been rebranded as Fandom Hall, which makes SOME sense because people always were concerned it was intended for people interested in anime only, but that tongue-in-cheek house pun will be missed