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rebecca skloot teaches writing in the mfa program at the university of memphis.
for the past 60 years lacks' cells have been cultured and used in experiments ranging from determining the long-term effects of radiation to testing the live polio vaccine. her cells were commercialized and have generated millions of dollars in profit for the medical researchers who patented her tissue.
skloot is a freelance science writer and a contributing editor at popular science. she has written feature stories for the new york times,
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in 1951,
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lacks' family, however, didn't know the cell cultures existed until more than 20 years after her death. medical writer rebecca skloot examines the legacy of lacks' contribution to science — and effect that has had on her family — in her new book,
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a fluorescence micrograph of hela cells, derived from cervical cancer cells taken from henrietta lacks and named in her honor
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a fluorescence micrograph of hela cells, derived from cervical cancer cells taken from henrietta lacks and named in her honor
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