markm reviewed The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor …
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3 stars
I sometimes dislike popular books on science, but I found this entertaining. There are a lot of interesting characters in the story, both in the Lacks family and at Hopkins. Also, I had heard that many cell lines had been contaminated with HeLa cells, probably in the 80s; I had no idea that this was first revealed in the 60s, but had been ignored.