Thursday, December 31st, 2015
Your cells and genetic information can be used in research without your knowledge — this happens all the time. It leads to important medical advances […]
Friday, June 7th, 2013
The story goes on: Recently, scientists announced that they’d sequenced the genome of Henrietta Lacks’s cells and published it online, where it was freely available […]
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
World Book Night was celebrated in cities all over the United States on April 23, 2012 when 25,000 givers across the country distributed half a […]
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
March 2, 2011: Barnes & Noble selects The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as the second place winner in the 2010 Discover Awards.
Friday, February 4th, 2011
February 4, 2011: the New York Times talks to Rebecca Skloot about creating the Henrietta Lacks Foundation , and her hopes for the Foundation’s future. […]
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
January 5, 2011: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks wins the GoodReads.com Best Nonfiction Book of the Year for 2010. Rebecca Skloot Wins GoodReads.com Best […]
Monday, December 27th, 2010
December 27, 2010: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks appeared on over sixty “Best of the Year 2010” lists, including the New York Times, The […]
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
The Washington Post named Rebecca Skloot as one of their Five Surprising Leaders of 2010, saying: Prior to 2010, Rebecca Skloot was a little-known science […]
Monday, November 29th, 2010
The Immortal Life has been listed as a New York Times Notable Book of 2010, and also as one of the top 10 books of […]
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
From National Public Radio today: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a remarkable feat of investigative journalism and a moving work of narrative nonfiction […]