The woman whose cells never die - 6 Minute English

Henrietta Lacks made an amazing contribution to medical research which has only recently been recognised. Rob and Georgina discuss her remarkable story. This week’s question: Do you know what other medical breakthrough happened in 1921? Was it... a) the discovery of insulin? b) the discovery of penicillin? c) the discovery of vitamin E? Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary in vitro fertilization technique for women who cannot become pregnant naturally in which an egg is fertil