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It seemed like everyone was reading this, so I refused. So glad I finally picked it up. Not only is it an amazingly wrought story of a woman whose cancer cells have saved thousands of lives, it is a story about informed consent, race, poverty, law and how they all played a role in 20th century genetics. The author has such a gift for explaining difficult scientific subjects. She is part of this story as well and truly cares about her subject - the woman whose cells changed the world - and her su
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