A review by kaydio
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It is not just a history of HeLa cells and a description of their importance to medical research, but it also delves into the history of African American medical treatment and testing. Henrietta Lacks was treated in the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins, and her family today are still suffering from a lack of medical treatment and access to education.