
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is a nonfiction book about a woman whose cells, taken without her knowledge in 1951, became the first immortal human cell line known as HeLa. These cells led to numerous medical breakthroughs. Rebecca Skloot weaves together the life of Henrietta, the scientific impact of her cells, and the ethical, racial, and personal issues faced by her family and the medical community.
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