The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first 'immortal' human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years.

Auteur : Rebecca Skloot