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Based on the bestselling nonfiction book of the same name, the immortal life of henrietta lacks chronicles deborah lacks search, aided by journalist rebecca skloot, to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of lacks cancerous cells led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs. In 1951 henrietta lacks, a poor woman with a sixthgrade education, decides to go to the gynecology department at johns hopkins hospital to get a tumor checked out. Its a true story in which the title character is played by oprah winfrey in her first leading role in a. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells taken without her knowledge became a multimilliondollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. A concise biography of rebecca skloot plus historical and literary context for the immortal life of henrietta lacks.
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