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| Url: | http://scienceblogs.com/culturedish |
| Author(s): | Rebecca Skloot |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Science, Bioethics, Writing |
| Description: | Skloot is a freelance writer, a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine and a sometimes correspondent for the NPR show RadioLab. She writes feature stories, essays, and reviews for The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, Discover and others, including the PBS television series Nova ScienceNOW, where she's worked as an on-air correspondent. She teaches creative nonfiction writing at the University of Memphis. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, tells the story of the amazing HeLa cell line -- the first immortal human cells ever grown in culture -- the woman they came from, and the family she left behind. It's forthcoming from Crown next Spring (more info here: http://tinyurl.com/7ywnd4). Skloot blogs about everything from HeLa, bioethics and genetics to goldfish surgery, spray on condoms, and the science of dancing. |
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| Popularity: | 97 Followers |
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Skloot on the Cover of Publishers Weekly & Advance Praise for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lac
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Big week here at Culture Dish! The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and its author (yours truly) were on the cover of Publishers Weekly with one seriously crazy and wonderful coverline saying somet...more |
2009-11-14
Get a Free Copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa) to Consider for Course Adoption,
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Calling all academics: If you'd like a free advanced copy of my book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, to consider it for course adoption, get thee to Random House's academic blog and request ...more |
2009-11-05
Court Upholds Rights of Scientists and Patients to Challenge Gene Patents
| Some interesting news about the breast cancer patent lawsuit I wrote about for Slate's Double X Magazine a few months ago: A federal district court has just agreed to hear the case. When the ...more |
2009-11-02
U of Akron Requires DNA from Potential Employees; Feds Open Public Comment Period on Federal Law Pro
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Inside Higher Ed just reported that an adjunct instructor at the University of Akron quit when he was told that he had to submit to DNA testing. "It's not enough that the university doesn't pay us ...more |
2009-10-31
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Book Tour - Bring HeLa to Your Town
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Lots of excitement and news about my book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa),which hits stores February 2nd (after ten years in the works). It was just chosen as a Barnes & Noble ...more |
2009-10-29
How to Prevent Obesity in Your Pet
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Because of the flood of responses I got to yesterday's post on The Insanity of the FDA Approved Obesity Drug for Dogs, I thought I'd start a series of follow up posts answering the many questions ...more |
2009-10-28
The Insanity the FDA Approved Obesity Drug for Dogs
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The other day I took my dogs to the vet for a checkup and saw a woman with her morbidly obese dog waiting to fill her prescription for Slentrol -- the first obesity drug for dogs -- which made me f...more |
2009-10-27
Time to Register for ScienceOnline2010!
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Yes folks, it's that time again: Registration is now open for the great ScienceOnline2010 meeting that will take place (as always) in Durham, NC in January. The program features many g...more |
2009-10-26
Agoraphobia Service Monkey Lawsuit Rejected; Seizure Alert Ferret Kicked Out of Mall
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Today was a big day for non-canine service animal news, which I keep tabs on here as part of ongoing follow up to my New York Times Magazine article, Creature Comforts, about the use of non-canine ...more |
2009-10-25
Today: Nobel Prize Awarded for Telomerase Discovery, and the 58th Anniversary of Henrietta Lacks's D
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It's fitting that today -- the day after the 58th anniversary of Henrietta Lacks's death -- the Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak for ...more |
2009-10-05
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