The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Summary
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, bought and sold by the billions, with devastating effects on her family. Now in paperback, this phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of ethics, race, and medicine...
REBECCA SKLOOT is an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and elsewhere. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s RadioLab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW, and has taught nonfiction in the creative writing departments at the University of Memphis and the University of Pittsburgh, and science journalism at New York...
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