'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks Live On In Labs
It was one of the most revolutionary tools of biomedical research: the immortal HeLa cell line. But few people know the cells belonged to a poor Southern tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot spent years researching Lacks and tells her story in The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hover)