Publisher's Synopsis
This book that tells the story of a strong Remarkable black American woman whose footprint can't be easily erased from the sands of time; she was wrongly diagnosed with cervical cancer and passed away on the 4th of October 1951. This story uncovers so many hidden truths about the origin of the hela cells, the science behind cell culture, and a life that gave birth to more than 50 million tons of immortal cells that have aided hundreds of scientific research, aided the birth of various vaccines, aided scientific experiments etc.This book brings to life the actual life of Henrietta lack, the phase and agony that birthed the first immortal cells ever cultured. Henrietta lacks lived as a human but her legacy is like of a god. She was created to live in death. Generally speaking cells harvested from individuals and used for research, benefits the common good so it's OK to use them, but in this case, Henrietta's cells were used to develop medical treatments for those who could afford it, the cells were sold at exorbitant prices, her family or relatives were not compensated.African American were often used as medical experiments during the era of slavery, they were subjected to inhumane treatment and enormous risks in the hands of their owners who were physicians. The white doctors saw this as an opportunity to execute experimental research programs using black men, women and children as specimens to develop new tools, techniques and medicines as was the case of Henrietta Lacks.
