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Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer, and a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine; she's worked as a correspondent for the NPR show RadioLab, and PBS Nova ScienceNOW. Her writing appears in The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, Discover and others. She teaches in the University of Memphis's creative writing program. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is forthcoming from Crown on February 2, 2010. It tells the story of HeLa -- the first immortal human cell line ever grown in culture (pictured in the blog's banner) -- the woman those cells came from, and the family she left behind. Click Welcome to Culture Dish for an introduction to this blog and its author.
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March 24, 2009
Category: Animals
Good Morning America's segment today on non-canine service animals was a classic oversimplification of a complex story that makes one of the most common media mistakes: it focuses on the quirk without getting into any of the serious issues involved.
Posted by Rebecca Skloot at 11:35 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 22, 2009
Category: Cervical Cancer
Not long ago, I posted about the fact that the world was obsessed with Jade Goody's cancer, but not talking about the real story behind her diagnosis. Today, news hit that she has died. Unfortunately, this story brought out the...
Posted by Rebecca Skloot at 10:10 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 21, 2009
Category: News
I'm pleased to announce that, starting in May 2009, I'll be writing a weekly science and health column for Slate's new Double X Magazine. I'll be covering any and all science that might be of interest to women (note: I...
Posted by Rebecca Skloot at 6:48 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 18, 2009
Category: News
Amazing archive of previously unseen medical images now online free via Flickr ... a beautiful treasure trove.
Posted by Rebecca Skloot at 11:05 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 8, 2009
Category: Animals
There are many well known ethical problems with companies selling clones of people's pets, now here's a new one: Surrogate mother abuse.
Posted by Rebecca Skloot at 2:03 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 2, 2009
Category: Bioethics
A new CDC study finds that IVF babies have increased risk of birth defects. This is nothing new. Skloot discusses the history, lack of safety trials and regulation, plus extreme treatments, including the growth of human embryos using monkey uterus and cloning-like technology
Posted by Rebecca Skloot at 8:36 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
