Dr. Isis is no longer the baby of the family. ScienceBlogs has a brand new ScienceBlogger -- Rebecca Skloot over at Culture Dish.
Rebecca describes herself and her blog thusly:
I'm a science writer whose forthcoming book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, traces the history and ethics of tissue culture by telling the story of the amazing HeLa cell line and the woman it came from. I will be blogging quite a bit about that story and the book as it heads through the production process (it's scheduled for publication by Crown/Random House this time next year). Because of my HeLa obsession, I also tend to I blog about all things relating to tissues, bodies, bioethics, and their histories, including the many and strange things people do with human tissues, and questions about who owns (and can profit from) human bodies and their parts. This leads to posts about anything from Tsunami Victims Selling Kidneys to Congressional Investigations Into Researchers Profitting Off Human Tissues Without Consent, and much more.
So head over and welcome her to the neighborhood, little lambs. It looks like she's going to be posting some great stuff!
