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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as He La. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells ? taken without her knowledge ? became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first ?immortal? human tissue grown in culture, He La cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, & the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, & gene mapping; & have been bought & sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story, from the ?coloured? ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where her children & grandchildren live, & struggle with the legacy of her cells. Full of warmth & questing intelligence, astonishing in scope & impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty & drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.