The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks Summary of Key Points
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a biography written by Rebecca Skloot. The book tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor African American woman who died of cervical cancer. Without her or her family’s consent, some of her cells that were removed during a biopsy were used to create an immortal cell line, known as the HeLa cells, which have been instrumental in many medical breakthroughs.