The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
This books was certainly well written and an interesting subject which was the life of the cells of Henrietta that was taken from her when she was dying of cancer. A cancer her husband gave her. Never the less, the cells went to thousands of scientists for research and it seems some profit making companies have had used the cells to discover some sort of medication.
Body cells were often used of course in research rather than throwing them away. I would not mind if my cells were used in research, the problem I have is when certain corporations make millions from the drug by overcharging patients. Yet this very long winded story was much of the dysfunction of this African American family that was poor and felt abused by the system that took their mother's cells. They fail to accurately blame their damn father for fooling around.
What about the Jewish bodies that were used in research and the Jewish bodies that were killed and the families that got "nothing?"
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