Rebecca Skloot: The Story of HeLa

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Rebecca Skloot, author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" and the story of HeLa, the first human cells replicated in a lab.
Rebecca Skloot is the author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and a science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Columbia Journalism Review; and many other publications. She is also a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine, and has worked as a correspondent for NPRs RadioLab and PBSs Nova ScienceNOW.