Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning author who has received wide acclaim for her work as a science and medical writer in Discover, The New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine; among other publications. Skloot exposes the history of "HeLa," - the first immortal human cells grown in culture, taken without Lacks' knowledge - and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.