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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
2010 · 400 pages · 0230748694
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - become one of the most important tools in modern medicine.
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