The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by snowbird 35 Replies latest social current
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lovelylil
This sounds very interesting. Lost my mom to cancer young too, she had a very aggressive and rare and always deadly breast cancer. It is so rare I paid for genetic testing last year to see if I had the cells that cause it. I don't, thankfully so I will not pass to my daughter. Anyway, I read the bio of this lady and I am adding this book to my wish list for my Nook. Thanks for posting this. I think at that time, cells were kept for science without permission of the patient, not only for african americans either. Peace, Lilly
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Jadeen
NPR did a series on her life and the book.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134622044/tracing-the-immortal-cells-of-henrietta-lacks
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/13/132030076/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-live-on-in-labs
http://www.npr.org/2010/02/02/123232331/henrietta-lacks-a-donors-immortal-legacy
Edited for clickable links?
Edited: yay!
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palmtree67
I started reading this book yesterday, Snowy. It's really good! I can't wait to get home from work, crawl into my backyard swing and read.
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chickpea
i had heard the reports about HeLa on NPR too...
utterly intriguing story.... as is the evolution of medical ethics
that now recognizes the inappropriateness of the activity related
to non-consent from henrietta lacks to utilize her cellular materialhope it is a GREAT read... let us know
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snowbird
X7.
You bet I will let y'all know.
Syl
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snowbird
Now, the movie.
Nothing hidden will remain so, or something to that effect.