![]() And not only alive, they reproduced an entire generation of cells every twenty-four hours, and they never stopped. Her cells, which named HeLa were the only ones to stay alive. And, then came this black woman Henrietta Lacks who was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Before the scientists found HeLa, no other human cells could live by themselves in culture. In science, whatever discoveries, medicines & research is being done since 1951, is because of HeLa cells. I won’t add a Goodreads description with this article, because I would love to describe the book in brief myself. Want to know why? Read below! ~~WHAT IS HELA?~~ It was mentioned somewhere in the book, “It would make a great story for Rolling Stone – the perfect mix of science and human interest.” I couldn’t agree more. Because I decided to venture more into nonfiction, I came across this & I will eternally be grateful that I read it. It stayed on the Bestseller List for 6 long years. Rebecca Skloot worked on it for 10 years after which it was finally published in 2010. This is a nonfiction book lasting 370 pages, which is a combination of science, medicine, biography & history. This is a book about science & ethics & ethics in science & the life & story of Henrietta Lacks. ![]() The amazing book is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Hi Readers! If you remember, I went on & on about this book I read last month in this post.
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