Irish slang for party or celebration; by extension, some substance with which you party or celebrate. I'm AWOH (Absent With Out Hooley) so I gotta boost tha Uncle's stash.
Henrietta Lacks was an African American tobacco farmer and mother of five. She died in 1951, but her cells were kept and studied by scientists without the knowledge of her family. The cells have been genetically sequenced once again without consent.
Here, five reasons we should all thank Henrietta Lacks. 1. Before HeLa cells, scientists spent more time trying to keep cells alive than performing actual research on the cells. An endless supply of HeLa cells freed up time for discovery.