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"She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can't we get health insurance?"

— Rebecca Skloot

Shes The Most Important Person In The World And Her Family Living In Poverty I

She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can't we get health insurance?

— Rebecca Skloot
From The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
ethics inequality justice

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Chapter 30

Scientists don't like to think of HeLa cells as being little bits of Henrietta because it's much easier to do science when you dissociate your materials from the people they come from.
— Rebecca Skloot
from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Like the Bible said, man was born to trouble. Henrietta made the trouble worthwhile.
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