https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/3110a49a-0d37-4720-944d-65c453028a16 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 fertilized outside her body and the resulting embryo replaced in her womb figure out understand or solve something; work out workhorse someone who does a large amount work, especially dull or routine work scourge something that causes much trouble or suffering unwitting done without knowing or planning centenary the 100th anniversary of an important event [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... More 6 Minute English episodes: Melting ice sheet: Is it too late? https://youtu.be/3fBxa1IEb74 Is this the era of distrust? https://youtu.be/AhoslePC6yI Is the pasty really Cornish? https://youtu.be/RNZwLILj0Uw The food delivery revolution https://youtu.be/_WHCjv1MRmM How to disagree better https://youtu.be/rWHGKGS7zSc #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #medicalresearch #contribution #science Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:08:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/3110a49a-0d37-4720-944d-65c453028a16 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.