What an amazing, heartfelt book. The book details the life of Henrietta Lacks and how she became the unwitting progenitor for landmark advances in medicine - and yet never saw a penny for any of it. Among the book's timely topics are HPV and cervical cancer as well as the raging debate over informed consent - especially for the indigent.
Read more about the book here: Amazon.com review
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Thanks for a great giveaway ~ quantmlife (at) yahoo (dot) com
This has been on my To Read list!! khymas @ gmail. com
I'd love to read this book! Thanks for the chance!
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