Den odödliga Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Den odödliga Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

379 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. Th...

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hopeful 11%
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funny 2%
mysterious 1%

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