Tag: immortal cells

• I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  A wonderfully researched book into the history of the HeLa cells, the foundation for most of the cellular reasearch and break throughs that we’ve had in the last half century. The author Rebecca Skloot objectively presents the dilemma of the ethics of preserving human freedom, choice and dignity in the face of the progress of…

  resmyt

  August 4, 2012

  Books, Life

  Cervical cancer, ethics in medicine, Hela, Henrietta Lacks, immortal cells, Johns Hopkins, research