Best-selling young adult novelist Maggie Stiefvater and Henrietta Lacks’ grandson Ron Lacks are among the authors featured at Baltimore’s premier literary festival. The Baltimore Book Festival ...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier: Book Review: ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' By Rebecca Skloot
One of the pages in the front of Rebecca Skloot's book lists 19 awards that "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" has won. It is also currently on the best seller list. Is the book that good? Yes, it ...
Dayton Daily News: Can the 'immortal cells' of Henrietta Lacks sue for their own rights?
A lawyer representing the eldest son and two grandsons of Henrietta Lacks, whose "immortal cells" have been the subject of a best-selling book, a TV movie, a family feud, cutting-edge medical research ...
Can the 'immortal cells' of Henrietta Lacks sue for their own rights?
A Tennessee woman is claiming that The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a biography of a black woman whose cervical cancer cells were taken without her consent and used for medical research (a book ...
National Catholic Reporter: In 2025, the 'immortal' Henrietta Lacks is still receiving her due
Next year will mark 75 years since the death of Henrietta Lacks, whose "immortal" HeLa cells have proved nearly indispensable to modern medicine. Their use was crucial for the development of vaccines ...
During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the face of ...
Yahoo: Dr. Roland Pattillo Dies: Oncologist Who Played Pivotal Role In ‘Henrietta Lacks’ Book & Movie Was 89