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Reviewed on September 13, 2024 | Banned Classics - Nonfiction
Gr 9 Up—The author's high school biology teacher mentioned the name Henrietta Lacks in a class in the 1990s, but when Skloot asked for more information, he said no one knew who she was. But her cells were famous: before she died in 1951, a doctor had put a slice of her tumor in a petri dish, and the cells, called "HeLa," continued reproducing. They jumpstar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
