The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a book by Rebecca Skloot, published in 2010. The book tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a African-American woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Her cells were taken without her permission and used in medical research, becoming known as HeLa cells. The book explores the ethical issues surrounding the use of HeLa cells, and the impact that Henrietta Lacks’s story has had on her family.

This book was ranked number one in the New York Times Bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the attention of listeners because it is a true story about a woman who died of cervical cancer in the 1950s, but her cells continued to live on and were used in many important scientific breakthroughs.

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