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February 3, 2010
Rebecca Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on Fresh Air With Terry GrossFor those who missed Skloot’s interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, you can listen to it here.
READ MOREThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years.
