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		<title>First Henrietta Lacks Foundation Grants Awarded</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Henrietta Lacks Foundation awarded its first ever grants thanks to donations from Rebecca Skloot, and many readers.  The first awards cover full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Marker to be Placed on Henrietta Lacks&#8217;s Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, the town of Turner Station just outside of Baltimore will place a historic marker at 713 New Pittsburgh Ave, the home where Henrietta Lacks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Chosen as Boston Globe and TED Book Club Picks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is being read by book clubs around the world, including several associated with organizations (like TED) and publications, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pardon Our Dust While We Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I moved my blog Culture Dish yesterday from ScienceBlogs, where it&#8217;s been the past few years.  As Carl Zimmer pointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Named as one of Ten &#8220;Best Books of the Year &#8230; So Far&#8221; by Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com calls The Immortal Life one of the &#8220;must-reads of the year,&#8221; naming it one of the top ten &#8220;Best Books of the Year&#8221; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Dish Doesn&#8217;t Live at ScienceBlogs Anymore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A serious conflict of interest and transparency problem has arisen on ScienceBlogs. Like several other bloggers here, I'm now on a Pepsi-Induced Hiatus, however like like David Dobb's and Blake Stacy, my hiatus from ScienceBlogs will be permanent.
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		<title>Detailed Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks FAQ Page Now Online</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2010/07/detailed-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-faq-page-now-online/</link>
		<comments>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2010/07/detailed-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-faq-page-now-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skloot's Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks FAQ page is now online, and addressing questions ranging from why HeLa cells are immortal to how the Lacks family is benefiting from the book.  It also includes answers to commonly asked writing questions, like, How do I break into science writing?  You can read it online here.
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		<title>NPR Names The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as one of the Top Five Best of the Bestsellers</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2010/07/npr-names-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-as-best-of-the-bestsellers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPR has just named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as one of the top five Best of the Bestsellers (the only nonfiction book in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Experiment to Attempt Prevention of Homosexuality in Womb? Really?</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2010/07/first-experiment-to-attempt-prevention-of-homosexuality-in-womb-really/</link>
		<comments>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2010/07/first-experiment-to-attempt-prevention-of-homosexuality-in-womb-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rskloot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study involving off-label use of dexamethasone in pregnant women (without IRB oversight) is being called "The First Experiment to Attempt Prevention of Homosexuality."  Is it?
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		<title>Rebecca Skloot Discusses The Immortal Life on BBC World Service</title>
		<link>http://rebeccaskloot.com/2010/06/rebecca-skloot-discusses-the-immortal-life-on-bbc-world-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now online:  Rebecca Skloot discusses The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and the ethics of tissue research on BBC&#8217;s Health Check.  Listen to [...]]]></description>
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