Tisha G. (anothertag) reviewed on 2/13/2012 + 85 more book reviews

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This book started off good. I could not put it down. Henrietta Lacks was 30 years old with cervical cancer in 1951. While being treated at Hopkins, doctors took a sample of her cervix.
These cells were able to keep dividing and not die off which made them very valuable to science. Her family was not aware that the cells were taken from her. Henrietta died from the cancer. The author tracks down what has happened to Henrietta, her family and her cells (HeLa). Toward the end of the book it got too scientific for my interest so it was a slow read then. Interesting true story.

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