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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9780307712530

Content: " #1  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER &bull,&ldquo,he story of modern medicine and bioethics&mdash,nd, indeed, race relations&mdash,s refracted beautifully, and movingly.&rdquo,mdash,i〉Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO®   STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE  &bull,ONE OF THE &ldquo,OST INFLUENTIAL&rdquo,(CNN), &ldquo,EFINING&rdquo,( LITHUB ), AND &ldquo,EST&rdquo,( THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ) BOOKS OF THE DECADE &bull,#160,NE OF  ESSENCE &rsquo, 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS &bull,#160,INNER OF THE  CHICAGO TRIBUNE  HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY  The New York Times Book Review  &bull,#160,i〉Entertainment Weekly  &bull,#160,i〉O: The Oprah Magazine  &bull,#160,PR &bull,#160,i〉Financial Times  &bull,#160,i〉New York  &bull,#160,i〉Independent  (U.K.) &bull,#160,i〉Times  (U.K.) &bull,#160,i〉Publishers Weekly  &bull,#160,i〉Library Journal  &bull,#160,i〉Kirkus Reviews  &bull,#160,i〉Booklist  &bull,#160,i〉Globe and Mail 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&mdash,aken without her knowledge&mdash,ecame one of the most important tools in medicine: The first &ldquo,mmortal&rdquo,human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine,uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb&rsquo, effects,helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping,and have been bought and sold by the billions.  Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Henrietta&rsquo, family did not learn of her &ldquo,mmortality&rdquo,until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family&mdash,ast and present&mdash,s inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.  Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family&mdash,specially Henrietta&rsquo, daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn&rsquo, her children afford health insurance?  Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down,  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks   captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences."

Content: Biographisches: " Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine,O, The Oprah Magazine,Discover,/i〉 and many others. She is coeditor of The Best American Science Writing 2011 and has worked as a correspondent for NPR's Radiolab and PBS's Nova ScienceNOW . She was named one of five surprising leaders of 2010 by the Washington Post . Skloot's debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times bestseller. It was chosen as a best book of 2010 by more than sixty media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly , People, and the New York Times . It is being translated into more than twenty-five languages, adapted into a young reader edition, and being made into an HBO film produced by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball. Skloot is the founder and president of The Henrietta Lacks Foundation. She has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction. She has taught creative writing and science journalism at the University of Memphis, the University of Pittsburgh, and New York University. She lives in Chicago. " Rezension(2): " Entertainment Weekly : I could not put the book down . The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly." Rezension(3): "New York Times Book Review :Science writing is often just about 'the facts.' Skloot's book, her first, is far deeper, braver, and more wonderful." Rezension(4): "Wired.com : The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a triumph of science writing...one of the best nonfiction books I have ever read." Rezension(5): "Washington Post : A deftly crafted investigation of a social wrong committed by the medical establishment, as well as the scientific and medical miracles to which it led." Rezension(6): "Chicago Sun-Times : Riveting...a tour-de-force debut." Rezension(7): " Nature : A real-life detective story, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks probes deeply into racial and ethical issues in medicine . The emotional impact of Skloot's tale is intensified by its skillfully orchestrated counterpoint between two worlds." Rezension(8): " Essence :A jaw-dropping true story . raises urgent questions about race and research for 'progress' . an inspiring tale for all ages." Rezension(9): " The New Yorker : This extraordinary account shows us that miracle workers, believers, and con artists populate hospitals as well as churches, and that even a science writer may find herself playing a central role in someone else's mythology." Rezension(10): " SF Weekly : Has the epic scope of Greek drama, and a corresponding inability to be easily explained away." Rezension(11): " The Financial Times :One of the great medical biographies of our time." Rezension(12): " Science : Like any good scientific research, this beautifully crafted and painstakingly researched book raises nearly as many questions as it answers . In a time when it's fashionable to demonize scientists, Skloot generously does not pin any sins to the lapels of the researchers. She just lets them be human . [and] challenges much of what we believe of ethics, tissue ownership, and humanity." Rezension(13): "Laura Miller, Salon.com : Indelible . The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a heroic work of cultural and medical journalism." Rezension(14): "Hilary Mantel, The Guardian (U.K.) : No dead woman has done more for the living . a fascinating, harrowing, necessary book." Rezension(15): " Dallas Morning News : The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks does more than one book ought to be able to do." Rezension(16): " Boston Globe : Above all it is a human story of redemption for a family, torn by loss, and for a writer with a vision that would not let go." Rezension(17): "Paula J. Giddings, author of Ida, A Sword Among Lions ,Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor, Afro-American Studies, Smith College: This remarkable story of how the cervical cells of the late Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman, enabled subsequent discoveries from the polio vaccine to in vitro fertilization is extraordinary in itself,the added portrayal of Lacks's full life makes the story come alive with her humanity and the palpable relationship between race, science, and exploitation." Rezension(18): " Newsweek :Skloot's engaging, suspenseful book is an incredibly welcome addition for non-science wonks." Rezension(19): " The Telegraph (U.K.) :Extraordinary . If science has exploited Henrietta Lacks [Skloot] is determined not to. This biography ensures that she will never again be reduced to cells in a petri dish: she will always be Henrietta as well as HeLa." Rezension(20): " Baltimore Sun : Brings the Lacks family alive . gives Henrietta Lacks another kind of immortality--this one through the discipline of good writing." Rezension(21): " Los Angeles Times :A work of both heart and mind, driven by the author's passion for the story, which is as endlessly renewable as HeLa cells." Rezension(22): " Mother Jones : In this gripping, vibrant book, Rebecca Skloot looks beyond the scientific marvels to explore the ethical issues behind a discovery that may have saved your life." Rezension(23): "Dwight Garner, New York Times , Top Ten Book of 2010 : More than ten years in the making, it feels like the book Ms. Skloot was born to write . Skloot, a young science journalist and an indefatigable researcher, writes about Henrietta Lacks and her impact on modern medicine from almost every conceivable angle and manages to make all of them fascinating . a searching moral inquiry into greed and blinkered lives . packed with memorable characters." Rezension(24): " The Journal of Clinical Investigation : Astonishing .No matter how much you may know about basic biology, you will be amazed by this book." Rezension(25): "THEROOT.COM : Rebecca Skloot did her job, and she did it expertly . A riveting narrative that is wh" Rezension(26): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:This multifaceted story interweaves a mini-biography of Henrietta Lacks and her family with an insider's look at the history of medical research and Skloot's journey to unlock the secrets of both. Lacks was a terminal cancer patient, and the cells doctors preserved (without her knowledge or consent) led to many medical breakthroughs. Interestingly, Caucasian Cassandra Campbell admirably portrays African-American Lacks and her associates, while only the small part of Lacks's daughter is assigned to fellow African-American Bahni Turpin. The fine narration underscores the pain and frustration her family feels after Lacks' death, the purloining of her cells, and the world's failure to recognize her role. However difficult it is to acknowledge unscrupulous medical experimentation, Campbell's star quality rivets listeners to this tribute to one whose life continues to improve health care worldwide. J.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine" Rezension(27): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from October 5, 2009 Science journalist Skloot makes a remarkable debut with this multilayered story about “"

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