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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Rape
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Rebecca Skloot goes on endlessly about the cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951 that have been used for research in various scientific experiments since then. Interesting concept, but I think she really needed a better editor. Considering the amount of actual material she had, this book could easily have been condensed in half. It reminded me of what students do when a teacher tells them their essay has to be a certain number of words - just keep saying the same thing over and over until they meet the requirement.
Wow. I understand why this book has been a public library book club read for years. This should be on the science reading lists at high schools--and cross-referenced in Social Studies courses.
Henrietta Lacks has cervical cancer, and, since she is a poor black, she goes to Johns Hopkins for medical treatment. It's there that her cells are scraped from her without her knowledge. And they duplicate. Forever. Henrietta's cells go on to help create the polio vaccine, the nuclear bomb, and about everything else outstanding in the scientific world for the past 50 years. Her HeLa cells are still everywhere, but her family is still living in poverty. This book exposes how scientists took advantage of African Americans, prisoners, and other poor people who didn't know how to question what was going on. Wow. It's an eye-opener!
Henrietta Lacks has cervical cancer, and, since she is a poor black, she goes to Johns Hopkins for medical treatment. It's there that her cells are scraped from her without her knowledge. And they duplicate. Forever. Henrietta's cells go on to help create the polio vaccine, the nuclear bomb, and about everything else outstanding in the scientific world for the past 50 years. Her HeLa cells are still everywhere, but her family is still living in poverty. This book exposes how scientists took advantage of African Americans, prisoners, and other poor people who didn't know how to question what was going on. Wow. It's an eye-opener!
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A journey in ethics and family. Everyone has a story and they deserve to be known and remembered.
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