Years later, Ms.Skloot began research for a book about Henrietta Lacks, her cells and their influence on medical and scientific history.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

It was not until the nineteen seventies that Henrietta Lacks' family learned that her cells had been taken and used by scientists.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

An estimated seventeen percent of the labor force either lacks a job or is not working enough to pay all the bills.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

But for the family, Henrietta Lacks was a real person whose absence they continue to feel deeply.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Henrietta Lacks' husband and children found out about the experiment done on her when scientists contacted them.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Rebecca Skloot says the Lacks family tested everything she thought she knew about faith, science,reporting and race.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Henrietta Lacks did not give her permission for the cells to be taken from her tumor.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman who was a cancer patient at Johns Hopkins University hospital.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

She became very interested in Henrietta Lacks and wanted to know more about her life.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in nineteen fifty-one leaving behind a husband and five children.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

One story line in "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" is like a history lesson.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

For the first time in Pat Summitt's career, the current Lady Vols team lacks experience.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

The aim of the foundation is to provide money for family members of Henrietta Lacks.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Reporter Rebecca Skloot explores this in her book "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."

VOA: special.2010.07.21

In nineteen fifty-one, Henrietta Lacks did agree to be treated for her cervical cancer.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

And the third is the reporter's story as she becomes close to the Lacks children and helps them learn more about their mother's influence on medical science.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

The cells were taken from the cervix of a woman named Henrietta Lacks.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Yet the Lacks family had very little money, education or health insurance.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Ms.Skloot had a difficult time gaining the trust of the Lacks family.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Rebecca Skloot has established an organization called the Henrietta Lacks Foundation.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Over time,MIC became a Mickey Mouse, something that lacks meaning.

VOA: special.2009.03.29