Rebecca Skloot, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library
English - April 13, 2011 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsArts interview entrepreneurship health business leadership news comedy entrepreneur culture politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Skloot's stunning narrative about the use and misuse of medical authority delves into the life of a poor Southern tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks, whose cells-taken without her knowledge-became one of the most important tools in medicine.