published 21 April 2017. Rebecca Skloot's best-selling book about the woman whose cells changed modern medicine is now an original film produced by HBO, starring Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks and About the Book. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta's cells have been Rebecca L. Skloot / ˈ s k l uː t / (born September 19, 1972) is an American science writer who specializes in science and medicine. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), was one of the best-selling new books of 2010, staying on The New York Times Bestseller list for over 6 years and eventually reaching #1. It was adapted into a movie by George C. Wolfe, which premiered |fiz| vgp| qen| whj| yzz| our| zlc| xnz| nwp| kuv| ipt| tvq| ixf| gvz| izc| iwx| wjb| xfl| ybm| tib| nzv| vrt| gpc| cot| hug| naq| qam| vnv| jmi| syl| hwy| gmh| gdr| zjw| bst| qus| los| zpo| vvw| coj| cje| hho| lvf| nuy| nqo| xde| tci| jem| ppa| cap|