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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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Recent Posts
- Get a Free Copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa) to Consider for Course Adoption, While Supplies Last
- Court Upholds Rights of Scientists and Patients to Challenge Gene Patents
- U of Akron Requires DNA from Potential Employees; Feds Open Public Comment Period on Federal Law Protecting DNA
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Book Tour - Bring HeLa to Your Town
- How to Prevent Obesity in Your Pet
- The Insanity of the FDA Approved Obesity Drug for Dogs
- Time to Register for ScienceOnline2010!
- Agoraphobia Service Monkey Lawsuit Rejected; Seizure Alert Ferret Kicked Out of Mall
- Today: Nobel Prize Awarded for Telomerase Discovery, and the 58th Anniversary of Henrietta Lacks's Death
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Gets Starred PW Review and a Shiny New Cover
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