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This month's book is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of the “godmother of virology,” or the woman whose genes have benefitted practically anyone who’s ever taken a pill stronger than aspirin. Cancer cells on Henrietta Lacks cervix took on a life of their own at a Johns Hopkins lab and were later dubbed “HeLa” cells. In this biography, Rebecca Skloot introduces the real-life woman behind one of the most important medical discoveries in the last 100 years.