Rebecca Skloot – författare

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman’s cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, GuardianHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .Rebecca Skloot’s fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a heartbreaking mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives.Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book’ – Hilary Mantel, GuardianHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .Rebecca Skloot’s moving account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.

Acclaimed author Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.

A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation.‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, GuardianWith an introduction Sarah Moss, author of by author of Summerwater.Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without asking her – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .Rebecca Skloot’s moving account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.

"En fascinerande bok", betyg 4 - Yukiko Duke i Gomorron Sverige"Djupt förbryllad har jag läst en intressant bok, som ställer frågor om min egen dödlighet." - PO Enqvist i Expressen"En av de märkvärdigaste böcker jag läst… en enastående historia" - Ingalill Mosander i Aftonbladet"En märkvärdig bok, omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig." - Oline Stig i Sydsvenskan "En av de mest utsökta och rörande faktaböcker jag läst." - New York TimesI januari 1951 diagnosticerades Henrietta Lacks med cancer. Nio månader senare avled hon. Men de cellprov som hennes läkare tog lever fortfarande. De har gett upphov till tre Nobelpris, de låg till grund för poliovaccinet, de har varit på månen. Men ingen kände till den fattiga, svarta tobaksodlaren som var alltings upphov. Den odödliga Henrietta Lacks är en storartad berättelse om vetenskapens fantastiska förmåga att skapa ett bra liv för oss alla. Men också en tragisk historia om krocken mellan medicin, etik och ras. Och inte minst en djupt skakande berättelse om en dotter som förtärdes av frågor om sin mor som hon aldrig fick lära känna.

The eternal life of Henrietta Lux is not just a biography, but a criticism of the science that ignores the human origin of its resources. Documenting what can be considered the first case of medical research ethics, and this story is closely related to the dark history of the experiences of black Americans. By achieving a magician, the writer transmits the marginalized history of Henrietta Lux and her family in this book, which she published after eleven years of research and investigations. Soon, she turned into a film produced by the media, Oprah Winfrey, who played the role of Henrietta''s daughter (Debora) after being affected by this biography of pain and persecution. The book remained 75 weeks in the list of the best -selling narrative books in the New York Times, translated into more than 20 languages ​​around the world, and received a wide range of critics.