Virtual Book Club with Susie Rogers

Virtual Book Club with Susie Rogers

Book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Recommended by Sally Stredler

This is a Zoom Meeting. Monday, May 24th @ 7 PM

Read the book ahead of time and join in on the meeting to discuss.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains
virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Available on Amazon or other book sellers.

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