The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Life - Death - Immortality.
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.

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alright submitted by Navox360 on August 12, 2011, 6:38pm this is decent

Real Person and Family behind HeLa Cells submitted by ekjensen on August 15, 2017, 9:17pm This interesting personal biography of Henrietta Lacks whose cervical cancer cells are the most widely spread and developed around the world and have been utilized in thousands of research scenarios. The overview on the impact on her family and the personal drama and tragedies of her children are overly expressed in this book. A very good read for any medical researcher, as the book attempts to personalize the woman and family behind the tissue use. The Afterword is particularly well written as it covers the laws, informed consent and commercialization issues regarding tissue use and/or donations from subjects/patients