My 8th book of 2011... The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks!! She was a poor black tobacco farmer who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Her cells are still alive today and will forever be known as "HeLa" to the scientific world... one of the most important tools in medicine that has been vital in such developments as the polio vaccine, cloning, and gene mapping. It's the story of those cells and her family that was unaware of what was happening... that billions of dollars would be made from HeLa while ironically, her family can't afford health insurance!! Amazing and facinating nonfiction read for anyone interested in Science.
