The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one womans cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book. Hilary Mantel, GuardianHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells taken without her

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