ReviewThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook by Rebecca Skloot is an incredible book. The story also plots the early life of Henrietta Lacks and her life. The author describes the devastating result of Henrietta's death on her husband and children and the importance of the medical research from her cells. Her family did not benefit financially from such research activities on her cells. Her family did not know about the use of her cells until 20 years after her death when the scientist began using her husband and children without their informed consent. The woman whose cells were used for such important discoveries remains mostly unknown to the world. These cells helped in medical discoveries of various important breakthroughs like the Polio vaccine and AIDS treatment. In the years after Henrietta's death, her cell line known as HeLa emerged as an important research tool. This tissue was used later to culture her cells. One of her greatest contributions to mankind was a tissue she left behind which was excised from her cervical cancer which was her primary tumor. When she passed, she had left behind a husband and five children in her family. The autopsy revealed that her body had many tumors.ĭuring the end, she was only being given palliative treatment, but still, her family felt that she can be cured and will survive. She was a lively woman who was adored by her family. She died in 1951 aged only 31 in John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It is widely accepted that no dead women have done more for the living beings. Henrietta Lacks is a unique medical specimen. SummaryThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook by Rebecca Skloot is a non-fiction book which won the National Academies Communication Award. The readers can download The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook for free via Audible Free Trial. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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