Read by Fred | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Nonfiction November | Book Review @ReadbyFred | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Nonfiction November is in full swing and I have finished the Immortal Life of Henrietta lacks. A gripping, engaging, infuriating, and heartbreaking story about how the cancer cells of Henrietta Lacks revolutionized medical research, and the impact that had on her family.


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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, 2010


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0:00 Introduction
0:22 HeLa Cells
2:00 Hidden from Henrietta
2:25 Rebecca Skloot
3:55 Henrietta Lacks
6:10 Henrietta's Children
7:54 HeLa Cell Monetization
9:26 Deborah and Elsie Lacks
10:24 Research vs Ethics
11:23 Skloot's Travels
12:40 Deborah for the win