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Nancy L · 01-10-2012, 11:39 AM

I just finished this book and I think it is a MUST read for everyone on this journey. It really answered a lot of questions I have had about how science has been able to discover some of the drugs and tests that have benefitted so many of us including Herceptin, Taxol drugs and the Fish test. It is a non fiction book that reads like a novel---I couldn't put it down. You don't have to be a biologist to understand the technical material in this book and the chapters describing Henrietta, her life and medical ethics were wonderfully written. It said in the description of the author that the book is being made by Oprah into and HBO film but I haven't heard about it yet---have any of you???

01-10-2012, 11:39 AM	#1
Nancy L Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: La Quinta, Ca Posts: 253	The Immortal Life of HEnrietta LAcks--a must read I just finished this book and I think it is a MUST read for everyone on this journey. It really answered a lot of questions I have had about how science has been able to discover some of the drugs and tests that have benefitted so many of us including Herceptin, Taxol drugs and the Fish test. It is a non fiction book that reads like a novel---I couldn't put it down. You don't have to be a biologist to understand the technical material in this book and the chapters describing Henrietta, her life and medical ethics were wonderfully written. It said in the description of the author that the book is being made by Oprah into and HBO film but I haven't heard about it yet---have any of you???