Most of the world has never heard of Henrietta Lacks but her contribution to medical science is immeasurable. Without her knowledge, while she was dying, her doctors took samples of her tumor that have lived on since the 1950s and aided in medical discoveries from polio to AIDS research. At the same time her cells were launching a multimillion dollar industry, her family was living in poverty with no health insurance. Rebecca Skloot spent ten years researching the story of Henrietta Lacks and the result is a gripping and fascinating true story.

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