Annotation
Doctors retrieved cells from Henrietta Lacks, the descendants of freed slaves, and used them to create the first immortal human cell line grown in culture-with important consequences for cancer research, in vitro developments, gene mapping, and more. But they never told her or her family. A real detective story from science writer Skloot.
Awards
2010 Library Journal Best Books of the Year
2010 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
2011 American Library Association Notable Books
2010 New York Times Notable Books of the Year
2011 Audie Award
2011 Ambassador Book Awards
| Genre | NonFiction Historical Medical Sociological Biography |
| Topics | Cancer patients Medical research Medical ethics Science history Science African American women African Americans Racism Women Sociology American history Black history |
| Setting | Virginia |