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Book Discussion: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Written by Rebecca Skloot, the book explores how cells from Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, became one of the most important tools in modern medicine.

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