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Black History Month celebrates the many contributions of African Americans to our society, so I thought it fitting that I just finished a book titled “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”
Author and researcher Rebecca Skloot tells a compelling and raw story of a young mother and tobacco farmer whose cervical cancer tumor cells were taken without consent and replicated millions of times over for gene mapping, cancer research and vaccine development. A clash of ethics, race and medicine that exposes the dark side of scientific discovery. Though her life was unremarkable, Henrietta’s unknowing contributions to medical science are extraordinary.
– Tara Frier, Goodwin Group PR