The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks She died in 1951 What happened next changed the world Picador Classic Paperback 7 Mar 2019 by Rebecca Skloot, Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks She died in 1951 What happened next changed the world Picador Classic Paperback 7 Mar 2019

Rebecca Skloot, Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks She died in 1951 What happened next changed the world Picador Classic Paperback 7 Mar 2019

Rebecca Skloot, Rebecca Skloot

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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine....

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