Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks

In 1951, Henrietta Lacks died after a long battle with cervical cancer. Doctors cultured her cells without permission from her family. The story of those cells and of the medical advances that came from them, is told in Rebecca Skloot's book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134622044/tracing-the-immortal-cells-of-henrietta-lacks?ft=1&f=1007

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