Quiet night in crazy heart night work scissor sisters the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
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A human tale
of science
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, out
now, published by Macmillan, £18.99
The story of Henrietta Lacks, an
ordinary black American woman who
died of cervical cancer in 1951, leaving
behind an extraordinary legacy that would
change the face of medical science forever.
Today she’s known in textbooks as HeLa –
the name given to the clump of cells extracted
from her womb by research scientist George Gey.
Up until that point all the cells he’d removed from
patients had died, but Henrietta’s didn’t just live,
they multiplied – making her one of science’s most
important discoveries of the 20th century.
These findings educated a generation of
scientists who used Henrietta’s cells to develop
a vaccine for Polio, test the effects of nuclear
Stylist’s
book of the
week
bombs on humans, and even send into orbit to see
how they behaved in space. Part biography, part
history of cell research, Skloot’s investigation is as
informative as it’s gripping and tells a remarkable
story of colour, class and scientific discovery.
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CRAZY HEART
DVD
Out now, £19.99 Jeff Bridges stars
as country singer Bad Blake in a role
that earned him a Best Actor Oscar.
Spiralling into alcoholism, a chance
encounter with journalist Jean
(Maggie Gyllenhaal), starts Bad on
the rocky road to redemption,
finding love and rediscovering his
genius along the way. Very moving.
MUSIC
NIGHT WORK
BY SCISSOR SISTERS
Out 28 June, £12.99 After working
with producer Stuart Price
(Madonna, The Killers), America’s
campest band are back with their
third album. If number one single I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
was your anthem of 2006, then we reckon the new album’s
Night Work will be 2010’s. Its eclectic mix of cabaretinspired
electro beats is guaranteed to raise temperatures.
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