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Fascinating and Thought-Provoking.
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One woman's cancerous cells are multiplied and distributed around the globe enabling a new era of cellular research and fueling incredible advances in scientific methodology, technology, and medical treatments. This strain of cells, named HeLa (after Henrietta Lacks their originator), has been amazingly prolific and has become integrated into advancements of science around the world (space travel, genome research, ...more
Strengths:
*Fantastically interesting subject!
One woman's cancerous cells are multiplied and distributed around the globe enabling a new era of cellular research and fueling incredible advances in scientific methodology, technology, and medical treatments. This strain of cells, named HeLa (after Henrietta Lacks their originator), has been amazingly prolific and has become integrated into advancements of science around the world (space travel, genome research, ...more
I had heard about Henrietta Lacks, but I did not know her story and the story of her cancer cells, her family, and the surprising ethics of research by Johns Hopkins and others. Fascinating and thought-provoking.
Wonderful! An amazing informative story told by Rebecca Skloot. Part of the Topeka and Shawnee Public Library's 2Book Topeka community reading project. I recommend it often.
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Impossible to put this book down. It has just the right amount of science, personal interest story, and history to appeal to many different types of readers.
Not having a science background I really didn't know about HeLa cells, and found this to be a very interesting book. While I don't know anyone that embraces HIPPA this book helps one appreciate the privacy aspect more, however, in the afterward finding out about the tissue samples is a bit scary. Henrietta was a very spunky woman and I wish her children had the opportunity to get to know her - especially Deborah. I can also understand their reluctance in talking with reporters. I highly recommen
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Fascinating. The true personal story of Henrietta Lacks entertwined with medical fact and ethical history. Everyone should read this!
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