The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sklott

This book is a biography of Henrietta Lacks and her offspring. There are her children, and their children, all reared in poverty and too often without health insurance. Lack's world-changing cells, meanwhile have been lavished with attention and money by scientists around the globe for nearly twice her lifetime. The story raises questions about bioethics and leaves the reader wondering who should benefit from scientific research and how it should be conducted. In the words of Lack's youngest daughter, Deborah: "If our mothers cells done so much for medicine, how come her family can't afford to see no doctors?"