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Die Unsterblichkeit der Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, Sebastian Vogel

4.23 AVERAGE

paularizzo's review against another edition

5.0

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Reads like a novel - very interesting subject matter even if you aren't into science.

stephanie_grunwald's review against another edition

4.0

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smspin's review against another edition

4.0

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camila_emm's review against another edition

2.75

informative reflective slow-paced

drj's review against another edition

5.0

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gsroney's review against another edition

5.0

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“She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can't we get health insurance?” --Dale Lacks

menno_indian's review against another edition

4.0

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This book was right up my alley. Recommended to me by a friend, as soon as I read the summary I thought it could be a Radiolab episode. Then I read that Skloot contributed to the podcast on occasion!

A science based biography of sorts, along with a deep dive into Henrietta’s family history and their experiences coming to terms with the (racist and unethical) medical treatment of patients in the distant and not so distant past.

It also raises thought provoking questions about current medical practices (primarily related to research using human “samples”) that I hadn’t previously contemplated. Although I don’t think I will change my current medical directive to donate my body to science after death.

alicja_p's review against another edition

4.0

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emeraldimp's review against another edition

3.5

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alexisstarr888's review against another edition

4.75

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