Rebecca Skloot
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The cells were like nothing anyone had ever seen.
I wanted to know how a woman who died in poverty became the most important tool in medicine.
Henrietta’s cells had a life of their own.
The Lacks family was never informed about the existence of these cells.
Henrietta’s legacy is a complex mix of science and ethics.
HeLa cells have been used in countless scientific breakthroughs.
Her cells live on, while her story remained largely untold.
Her story is a story of racism in the medical community.
They were taken without her knowledge, and they changed the world.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa.