This book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device, and with iTunes on your computer. Books can be read with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know. This is a work of nonfiction. No names have been changed, no characters invented, no events fabricated. While writing this book, I conducted more than a thousand hours of interviews with family and friends of Henrietta Lacks. Free PDF Download Books by Rebecca Skloot. Description of the book 'Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks': 'Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot . She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells were taken without her knowledge and still live decades after her death. Cells descended from her may weigh more than 5. M metric tons. He. La cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb. Yet Henrietta Lacks was buried in an unmarked grave. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has 345,461 ratings and 26,094 reviews. Jason said: You know what I think is funny? This book is called The Immortal. Read free book excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, page 1 of 4. The journey starts in the . Today are stark white laboratories with freezers full of He. La cells, East Baltimore children and grandchildren live in obscurity, see no profits, and feel violated. The dark history of experimentation on African Americans helped lead to the birth of bioethics, and legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
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