The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Summary
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Her stolen cells revolutionized medicine, yet Henrietta Lacks died unknown. This bestseller - championed by Oprah and spending 75 weeks on NYT's list - exposes medical ethics, racial injustice, and how one woman's cells still save millions while her family received nothing.
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The Cells That Changed Medicine-And a Family That Never Knew
A young Black woman walks into a hospital in 1951 with a "knot" in her cervix. Within months, she's dead. But part of her-microscopic fragments taken without her knowledge-becomes immortal, launching a scientific revolution that saves millions of lives and generates billions of dollars. Her children grow up in poverty, unable to afford the healthcare advances their mother's body made possible. This isn't science fiction. This is the story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells became the foundation of modern medicine while her family remained invisible. For two decades, no one even knew her real name. Scientists called the cells "HeLa," attributing them to "Helen Lane" or simply avoiding the question altogether. Meanwhile, her cells traveled to space, helped develop the polio vaccine, and became the most widely used human cells in research history. The disconnect is staggering-and it forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about who benefits from scientific progress and at whose expense.
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