New York Times bestseller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we’re made of.
2011 Life of the Mind book: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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"The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks," BBC World Service Podcast, 3/2/2017: https://goo.gl/o17WL7
"Henrietta Lacks' family wants compensation for her cells," Baltimore Sun, 2/15/17: https://goo.gl/E6mmMr
"HBO sets air date for Oprah's film on Henrietta Lacks," Baltimore Sun, 2/14/17: https://goo.gl/RguEkr
"Wider Racial Gap Found in Cervical Cancer Deaths," New York Times, 1/23/17: https://goo.gl/U8oqbK
"Henrietta Lacks further immortalized with portrait at Baltimore City Hall," Baltimore Sun, 12/1/16: https://goo.gl/kcx9tK
