«The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, summary» in Italian with a Parallel Translation
Original title:
La vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks
Genres:
Language:
Italian
Difficulty:
B2
Year:
2010
Number of pages:
27
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot is a nonfiction book about a woman whose cells were taken without her consent in 1951 and became the first immortal human cell line — HeLa. These cells enabled major breakthroughs, including the polio vaccine, cancer research, and gene mapping. The book explores the collision of ethics, race, and science, while also telling the deeply human story of Henrietta Lacks and her family, who were left in the dark about her unwitting contribution to modern medicine.
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