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Originally Posted by Illinifan
I am currently reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and it is a fascinating history of the woman and her cells that have been used in labs across the world for medical research.
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I second the recommendation for this one. It's an eye-opening account, not only of scientific progress and how it often clashes with ethics, but also of the racial barriers Lacks and her family faced within the medical community, both during her treatment and afterwards.