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“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is a perfect book for anyone who enjoys a great human interest story along with well-researched science. Rebecca Skloot is the author of this book. This is the story of Henrietta Lacks, a mother of five who died in the 50s, her children and grandchildren, and the fact that the cells of the cervical cancer tumour that killed her were able to be cultured without dying off, making them extremely useful in modern science and medicine. These cells are known as HeLa cells, and they are used in just about every bit of medical and scientific research today. They have helped to create the polio vaccine and been used in aids research and have been sent into outer space and exposed to nuclear radiation. They are produced in large numbers and sold all over the world for $50 a vial. There are more of Herietta’s cells now living than were ever in her body.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Rebecca Skloot introduces us to the “real live woman,” the children who survived her, and the interplay of race, poverty, science and one of the most important medical discoveries of the last 100 years. Skloot narrates the science lucidly, tracks the racial politics of medicine thoughtfully and tells the Lacks family’s often painful history with grace. She also confronts the spookiness of the cells themselves, intrepidly crossing into the spiritual plane on which the family has come to understand their mother’s continued presence in the world. Science writing is often just about “the facts.” ­Skloot’s book, her first, is far deeper, braver and more wonderful.

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  • Name: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  • Author: Rebecca Skloot
  • ISBN: 10: 9781400052189
  • Language: English
  • Genre: Medical
  • Format: PDF
  • Size: 5 MB
  • Pages: 381
  • Price: Free

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