Monday, August 01, 2011

August 2011: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

1 comment:

Espana said...

The story behind HeLa cells is so shocking! I felt like I was reading a horror story, but it's all true. Doctor's really took her cells without consent, and grew them and cloned them. Her cells have lived longer without her, then they ever did on her body. It's such a good story about ethics in science, but it's also an awesome story about Henrietta Lacks, the woman.