«The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, summary» in French with a Parallel Translation
Original title:
La Vie immortelle d’Henrietta Lacks
Genres:
Language:
French
Difficulty:
C2
Year:
2010
Number of pages:
20
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is a nonfiction book about a Black woman whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 and became the first immortal human cell line — HeLa — revolutionizing medicine. Rebecca Skloot tells the story of Henrietta, the scientific breakthroughs enabled by her cells, and the ethical, racial, and social issues surrounding her family and modern medical research.
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