Part biography of Henrietta Lacks and her family. Part explanation of the contribution the cells taken from her have had on medicine. Part memoir of Rebecca on the challenges brought in even getting to write this story. It jumps around quite a bit as it bounds around each of the three parts.What the...
This book is critically important. I've a science degree and have heard of HeLa cells before but I, like most knee nothing of the woman they came from. I thought this was a great biography of Henrietta Lacks and her family. This book raises a lot of questions about the morality and ethics of tissue...
This a very informative book. It's also scary. It is a horror festival of how many times, and in how many varied ways, you can get screwed because law marches waaay slower than science, and people, even in those cases where there is no malice, are mostly careless of other people. And sometimes the...
Reading Skloot’s account of Henrietta Lacks’ life and legacy is a deeply rewarding experience, and the true story recounted within this book speaks volumes on racial and social inequality, medicine, family, and ethics.Henrietta Lacks was a poor black woman who died of cervical cancer in the early 19...
When a poor black woman dies of cervical cancer in 1951, her cancerous cells live on. But what happens when her biological material generates billions of dollars for the drug and pharmaceutical industry, leaving her dirt poor descendants in the lurch?Yeah, I know I wrote that like the teaser for one...
September 8, 2014 at 9:49am The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is a difficult book to read. It reveals a shocking abuse by medical researchers. It's sad tale about an overlooked woman whose cells have contributed greatly to scientific advancements. It's an almost four star. ...
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is a difficult book to read. It reveals a shocking abuse by medical researchers. It's sad tale about an overlooked woman whose cells have contributed greatly to scientific advancements. It's an almost four star Here are significant quotes from ...
I’m going to be the party pooper here. I know everyone is suppose to love this book. I know that the issues the book deals with are very important and books like this should be written. But this book didn’t do it for me. I found it dull, I found it facile, and the only interesting p...
I finished this about two months ago, and read it surprisingly quickly given the density of the subject matter. Although the writing isn't especially artful, Skloot has a gift for accessibility: first, she somehow managed to cross barriers of class, race, and disparate education to win the Lacks fam...
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