Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences ...Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world. "A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book". (Hilary Mantel, "Guardian"). "A heartbreaking account of racism and injustice". ("Metro"). "A fine book...a gripping read...The book has deservedly been a huge bestseller in the US. It should be here, too". ("Sunday Times").

作者

丽贝卡•思科鲁特（Rebecca Skloot），美国科学作家，曾任美国国家公共电台（NPR）《电台实验室》节目和美国公共广播公司（PBS）《科学新星》节目记者，《大众科学》杂志特约编辑。她先后获得生物学学士学位和非虚构创造性写作硕士学位，曾任美国国家图书评论协会（National Book Critics Circle）副主席，在孟菲斯大学、匹兹堡大学、纽约大学等校教授写作课程。《永生的海拉》是她的处女作，出版后旋即登上《纽约时报》和亚马逊畅销榜第一名。

在本书出版之前，丽贝卡•思科鲁特建立了海瑞塔•拉克斯基金会，以帮助为科学研究做出贡献而未获得补偿的人，特别是在不知情的情况下被用于科研的个人。作者将把从本书中获得的部分收入捐献给该基金会。

作者网站：RebeccaSkloot.com

海瑞塔•拉克斯基金会网站：HenriettaLacksFoundation.org

译者

刘旸（桔子），毕业于北京大学，后于芝加哥大学取得分子、遗传及细胞生物学博士学位，科学写作者、记者，科学松鼠会成员，果壳网COO助理。与他人合著出版《当彩色的声音尝起来是甜的》、《一百种尾巴或一千张叶子》、《冷浪漫》等作品，另有译作《共情时代》等。