It took over a decade for author Rebecca Skloot to unravel the story ... t her children afford health insurance? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the drama of scientific discovery ...

(National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research via AP) Rebecca Skloot talks about the long journey of turning her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, into an HBO film starring Oprah.

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot tells the story of story of a poor black tobacco farmer who unknowingly became one of the most important figures in modern medical research.

In her 2009 book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot found that over 60,000 scientific articles referenced HeLa, increasing at a rate of 300 each month. HeLa was used to create ...

Fanta is one of the world's most popular soft drinks, but its origins are tied to the resource constraints and political ...

and only came to understand its full scope thanks to the work of Rebecca Skloot, author of the 2010 bestseller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks’ story was also the subject of an HBO ...