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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born
a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her
knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the
most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not
learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her
death, with devastating consequences . . . Rebecca Skloot's
fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one
woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty
and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who
owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul
and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four
corners of the world.
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