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 ...

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ... book was recognized as one of the best books of 2010 by more than 60 media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The New ...

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 ...

(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 story came to broader public attention in 2010 with the publishing of Rebecca Skloot’s book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, which was later released as a documentary movie in 2017.