The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chess trying to unravel the truth

trying to unravel the truth about her life

For anyone who's ever felt stuck in a rut

her work parallels her life—misunderstood in its time

And since the war—since being made High Fae against her will—she’s struggled to forget the horrors she endured and find a place for herself within the strange and deadly Night Court

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chess trying to unravel the truthHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cellstaken without her knowledgebecame one of the most important tools in medicine: The first immortal human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of