The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her body without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell.

Recommended by Mrs. Larkin, Science Teacher: “If your interests lie in the science/medical fields READ THIS. The medical history of the HeLa strain of cells and ethical considerations of what/how the medical professional world treats human beings.”

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