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

麗貝卡•思科魯特（Rebecca Skloot），美國科學作傢，曾任美國國傢公共電颱（NPR）《電颱實驗室》節目和美國公共廣播公司（PBS）《科學新星》節目記者，《大眾科學》雜誌特約編輯。她先後獲得生物學學士學位和非虛構創造性寫作碩士學位，曾任美國國傢圖書評論協會（National Book Critics Circle）副主席，在孟菲斯大學、匹茲堡大學、紐約大學等校教授寫作課程。《永生的海拉》是她的處女作，齣版後鏇即登上《紐約時報》和亞馬遜暢銷榜第一名。

在本書齣版之前，麗貝卡•思科魯特建立瞭海瑞塔•拉剋斯基金會，以幫助為科學研究做齣貢獻而未獲得補償的人，特彆是在不知情的情況下被用於科研的個人。作者將把從本書中獲得的部分收入捐獻給該基金會。

作者網站：RebeccaSkloot.com

海瑞塔•拉剋斯基金會網站：HenriettaLacksFoundation.org

譯者

劉暘（桔子），畢業於北京大學，後於芝加哥大學取得分子、遺傳及細胞生物學博士學位，科學寫作者、記者，科學鬆鼠會成員，果殼網COO助理。與他人閤著齣版《當彩色的聲音嘗起來是甜的》、《一百種尾巴或一韆張葉子》、《冷浪漫》等作品，另有譯作《共情時代》等。