Apologies! BookVent kinda got derailed it was a busy, long week.

Day 6 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

It's immeasurable the role in lives saved & harm reduction that HeLa cells have had. However the cell line development is ext. problematic - non-consenting tissue theft from a Black woman dying of cervical cancer. This is of the books that made me change the way I view science in general.

#Racism #HeLaCells #HenriettaLacks #Science #BookVent

#Bookvent day one. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Nataukawa. This year's calender has been lovingly created for me by the amazing booksellers from Imagined Things Harrogate.