
Rebecca Skloot is an award winning science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and many other publications. She specializes in narrative science writing and has explored a wide range of topics, including goldfish surgery, tissue ownership rights, race and medicine, food politics, and packs of wild dogs in Manhattan. She has worked as a correspondent for WNYC’s Radiolab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW. She and her father, Floyd Skloot, are co-editors of The Best American Science Writing 2011 . You can read a selection of Rebecca Skloot's magazine writing on the Articles page of this site. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , Skloot's debut book, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times best-seller. She has been featured on numerous television shows, including CBS Sunday Morning, The Colbert Report, Fox Business News, and others, and was named One of Five Surprising Leaders of 2010 by the Washington Post. The Immortal Life was chosen as a best book of 2010 by more than 60 media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, O the Oprah Magazine, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, People Magazine, New York Times, and U.S. News and World Report; it was named The Best Book of 2010 by Amazon.com and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick. It has won numerous awards, including the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, and two Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year and Best Debut Author of the year. It has received widespread critical acclaim, with reviews appearing in The New Yorker, Washington Post, Science, and many others. Dwight Garner of the New York Times said, "I put down Rebecca Skloot's first book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," more than once. Ten times, probably. Once to poke the fire. Once to silence a pinging BlackBerry. And eight times to chase my wife and assorted visitors around the house, to tell them I was holding one of the most graceful and moving nonfiction books I've read in a very long time …It has brains and pacing and nerve and heart.” See the press page of this site for more reactions to the book. Share your story and join the conversation on the HeLa Forum. Watch video testimonials at Readers Talk.
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, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yes she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
Barcelona. 24 cm. il. 446 p., 8 p. de lám. col. y n. 446 p., 8 p. de lám. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Fuera de Colección'. Se llamaba Henrietta Lacks. Era una campesina cuyas células, que fueron tomadas sin su conocimiento, siguen vivas a pesar de que ella lleva muerta más de sesenta años y se han convertido en una de las herramientas más importantes de la fueron vitales para el desarrollo de la vacuna contra la polio, desvelaron secretos sobre el cáncer o los virus, ayudaron a realizar importantes avances como la fertilización in vitro o la clonación y han sido compradas y vendidas por laboratorios de todo el mundo, generando grandes beneficios económicos a la industria farmacéutica. Sin embargo, su familia, que no puede permitirse pagar un seguro médico, vivió cincuenta años sin conocer la historia de Henrietta, y todavía hoy lucha por defender el legado de su madre y abuela. La periodista y escritora científica Rebecca Skloot realiza una apasionante labor de investigación que nos transporta desde la pequeña y decadente ciudad natal de Henrietta, en los años cincuenta, hasta el Baltimore actual, en un viaje extraordinario que mezcla las vivencias de la actual familia Lacks con la historia de unas células que todavía hoy son un misterio de la biología. Publicado también como texto impreso. Grupo Planeta . cuestiones generales. Equipamiento, experimentos y técnicas científicas. Historia de la ciencia. Asensio, María Jesús. traductor. Mª Jesús Asensio, traducción. Índice. Título The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. 1920-1951. Experimentación humana en medicina. Estados Unidos .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 9788499980454
by Rebecca Skloot
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
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 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.
by Rebecca Skloot
by Rebecca Skloot