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By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailySome might say she's calculating and shrewd, a charmer with a practiced smile and a flair for marketing herself. They would be right. Others might say she's passionate and bold, a brilliant writer and a science savant. They, too, would be right. She comes out of the gate at a gallop, the literary season's wunderkind, Rebecca Skloot, taut and trim in boot heels, running the final lap of a whirlwind 72-hour publicity campaign in New York City for her bestseller, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," an irresistible story of science, race, and class about a black woman whose immortal cancer ...
Henrietta Lacks: Medical Phenom Never Saw a Dime
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyLike my PD colleague Christine Wicker, I was also fascinated by the story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells became laboratory staples due to their unusual ability to divide seemingly perpetually. Lacks died nearly 60 years ago from cervical cancer, but, before she died, her doctor took samples of her cells, and they are now in common usage for everything from creating polio vaccines to in vitro fertilization. Lacks' story, and that of her cells (known as HeLa cells), are told in a new book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloots. Beyond the cells themselves, there's one ...
Henrietta Lacks' Story Told at Last, Thanks to Dogged Writer
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyHenrietta Lacks may have saved more lives than any other person in history. A poor black woman who died almost 60 years ago, her story is everywhere this week thanks to a intrepid reporter named Rebecca Skloot. If you see a photo of Skloot, who's 37 and looks younger, you may be tempted to write her off as the latest pretty young thing the media has fallen for. She is pretty, but that's not all. This time, the hoo-hah is well deserved. Her first book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," is a triumph. It got a rave review from The New York Times last week and another favorable look on ...
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