About the author
Rebecca Skloot is an American science writer specializing in medicine. Her work on Henrietta Lacks joined the history of a transformative cell line to the family, consent, race, and economic questions that scientific accounts had left outside the frame.
Rebecca Skloot follows both histories: the laboratories and businesses built around HeLa, and the Lacks family confronting confusing reports about cells, cloning, patents, and experiments after years of medical mistrust and limited access to care.
Where to start
Start with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot follows the woman behind HeLa cells, the medical discoveries they enabled, and the family left outside that story.
