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“But I tell you one thing, I don't want to be immortal if it mean living forever, cause then everybody else just die and get old in front of you while you stay the same, and that's just sad.”

Quote by Rebecca Skloot

Book:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

This book delves into the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks, focusing on the ethical implications and medical breakthroughs resulting from the use of her cells. more

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Rebecca Skloot is a freelance writer recognized for her contributions to science and medicine through her compelling storytelling and investigative journalism. Born in September 1972, she has made a significant impact in the field by focusing on the human aspect of scientific research. Skloot's writing often delves into the lives of individuals involved in significant scientific studies, bringing to light the personal stories behind groundbreaking research. more

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

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Book:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Source: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of Americans, most of them white. And they did so on the same campus—and at the very same time—that state officials were conducting the infamous Tuskegee syphilis studies.”

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Book:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Source: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“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, times was different.”

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Book:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Source: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“I learned about HeLa cells in my first basic biology class, and I just became completely obsessed with them from that point on.”

Firsts Class Cells Obsessed Biology

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“For scientists, growing cells took so much work that they couldn't get much research done. So the selling of cells was really just for the sake of science, and there weren't a lot of profits.”

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“It's better to break a man's leg than his heart.”

Men Heart Break Legs

Author:George Woolf

“A Prayer Refuse to fall down If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven, and like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven only you. It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good came of this, is not yet listening.”

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“Go out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.”

Ifs Happens Woods

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“To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings- all in the same relationship.”

Mean Embrace Love Means

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“The way to maintain one's connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. One of the most important discriminations we can make in this matter is the difference between things that beckon to us and things that call from our souls.”

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