Quotes by Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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“For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.”

“Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.”

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“When he asked if she was okay, her eyes welled with tears and she said, Like Im always telling my brothers, if you gonna go into history, you cant do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember, t...”
— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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“For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.”
— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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“As a result of its investigation, the NIH said that to qualify for funding, all proposals for research on human subjects had to be approved by review boardsindependent bodies made up of professiona...”
— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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“They also knew that there was a string of DNA at the end of each chromosome called a telomere, which shortened a tiny bit each time a cell divided, like time ticking off a clock. As normal cells go...”
— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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“Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.”
— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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“When he asked if she was okay, her eyes welled with tears and she said, “Like I’m always telling my brothers, if you gonna go into history, you can’t do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember...”
— Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
history race-relations