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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.'No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.' - Hilary Mantel, Guardian
Hendes navn var Henrietta Lacks, men videnskaben kendte hende som HeLa. Hun var en fattig sort tobaks arbejder, hvis celler – som blev taget uden hendes vidende i 1951 – blev et af de vigtigste redskaber i den medicinske forskning; centrale for udviklingen af polio vaccinen, kloning, kortlægning af gener osv. Henriettas celler er blevet købt og solgt i milliardvis; alligevel er hun stadig stort set ukendt, og hendes familie har ikke råd til en sundhedsforsikring. Denne fremragende New York Times-bestseller fortæller en medrivende historie om sammenstødet mellem etik, race og lægevidenskab; om videnskabelige opdagelser og troens helende kraft; om en datter, der er besat af spørgsmål om den mor, hun aldrig lærte at kende.Før Henrietta Lacks’ udødelige liv blev udgivet første gang, etablerede Rebecca Skloot Henrietta Lacks Foundation. En del af overskuddet fra denne bog doneres af forfatteren til fonden. Se HenriettaLacks-Foundation.org."Det lyder bizart. Det er bizart. Og en meget interessant og passioneret fortalt historie fra videnskabens verden. Denne bog er unputdownable." - Information
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