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The first human cells that survived in a laboratory setting and have since been used in thousands of research labs, were taken without permission from a young black mother of five who was dying from cancer. Those cells not only survived, they thrived, and became well-known to scientists as HeLa. They can be found in labs around the world and have lived longer than Henrietta herself. Until this book, however, no one knew where HeLa came from and her family had no idea about their mother's scienti
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Really interesting book about the contribution to science a woman never knew she made. Science was nicely explained and easy to follow and the human story even more interesting.
Great story, and intersting to learn about the person about the woman behind the HeLa cells. I couldn't think it was a story about her children as well....and all I could think was so many of her children's health issues was probably taced back to thier childhood truama. Also, the culture diffrence between the medical world and the black community is a mile wide if not more. When the Lacks family would ask question most doctors answered as if they had medical school....but most didn't have more
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Story of Henrietta Lacks/HeLa cells and her family - really makes you ponder the pros and cons of medical research.
So that's what the odor of sleeping gas seeping out of a book smells like.
This book is a missed opportunity. Read and enjoy if you want to learn all about the author and little about Ms. Lacks or the bioethical disaster that made her part of science. ...more
This book is a missed opportunity. Read and enjoy if you want to learn all about the author and little about Ms. Lacks or the bioethical disaster that made her part of science. ...more
An interesting look at how the ubiquitous HeLa cells came into being, and the impact they've had on the family involved, science, medicine, and our world.
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Really surprising story about using people’s tissues.
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