The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (First Year Read, 2017)

One of the first public discussions of HeLa and the woman behind the cells, this article from 1976 focuses on the contamination by HeLa cells of other cell lines used in research.

The author of the 1976 Rolling Stone article about HeLa cells describes how he discovered the identity of the HeLa cell donor, and tracked down the Lacks family. Also includes the text of the 1976 article.
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May 4, 2017

"From the 2010 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, Rebecca Skloot discussed her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."