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 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Reprint Edition) by Rebecca Skloot Paperback, 381 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 1-4000-5218-1 / 1400052181 ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-5218-9 / 9781400052189 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 slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they | |