The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | 誠品線上

改變人類醫療史的海拉

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內容簡介 ◎NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 紐約時報暢銷榜第一名◎ 長踞亞馬遜網路書店醫學與社會科學類暢銷榜◎ 超過六十家媒體選為年度好書◎ 二○一七年由歐普拉主演HBO電影，再次掀起討論熱潮● 縱橫百年、撼人心魄，一部醫學倫理與生命紀實的當代巨作。●透過海莉耶塔．拉克斯的真實故事，從歷史、種族與階級、醫學倫理、科研道德與法律、人體與細胞所有權爭議、家庭關係、信仰等不同維度，檢視其間是如何在這百年來相互作用，以及對未來的重大影響。本書始於科學記者芮貝卡．史克魯特對一則醫學奇蹟的好奇調查，之後她耗費十年光陰，寫成這部縱橫百年、震撼當代的紀實故事。海莉耶塔．拉克斯，一位出生於美國維吉尼亞州的非洲裔黑人女子。一九五一年，三十一歲的她死於子宮頸癌時，癌細胞並未經她的同意而被醫生取走。未料，這些造成海莉耶塔死亡的癌細胞，竟奇蹟般因為可以體外培養且「無盡永生」，堅韌如馱獸般、覆天蓋地，締造了人類醫學界百年來爆炸式的重大突破與研究貢獻。她的細胞是研發小兒痲痺疫苗的功臣，協助科學家解開癌症、病毒和原子彈效應之謎，促成試管嬰兒、基因複製、基因圖譜的重要發展，貢獻出五個諾貝爾獎成果，更造就總值幾十億美元的人體生物材料產業。整個分子生物學與近代醫學的研究，都環繞著海拉細胞，堪稱二十世紀至今最重要的研究對象。每個醫學、生物從業人員都曾經使用過海拉細胞，或至少接觸過由海拉細胞衍生的科學成果或技術。現在海拉細胞依然持續繁衍，總重量相當於一百座帝國大廈，未來仍將不斷增加。然而六十年前，置身階級與種族歧視、醫病關係極端不平等的美國社會，無數黑人患者如海莉耶塔．拉克斯，當組織被取走時，並不會被告知，甚至對於治療的過程一無所悉；在擎舉著研究正當性與必要性的科學大旗下，甚至是以造福人類之名，弱勢者理所當然地被剝削。於是半世紀以來，當海拉細胞以驚人潛力帶給科學界無數突破之時，海莉耶塔的家人毫不知曉；海莉耶塔．拉克斯被埋在蔓草雜生的墓地裡，沒有人真正在乎這個人。歷史的無名剝削，甚或比當年的階級與種族剝削更加殘酷。作者芮貝卡．史克魯特以強大的熱情、異於常人的毅力，花費超過十年、採訪一千個小時，透過多條軸線以及對比交錯的時間序列，還原這位醫療史上最重要的無名英雄，寫出這則宏大深邃，攸關科學倫理、種族與階級、科研道德與法律、人體與細胞所有權爭議等複雜命題的生命故事。一、近年非虛構寫作的重要範本作者花費十年、採訪一千個小時完成此書，當中涉及的人物傳記、家族史、醫學研究、倫理、疾病治療、種族問題等，使本書成為目前討論非虛構作品中，最重要也最具代表性的作品，從本書可看到作者強大的熱情，並以嫻熟的技巧整合關於海拉的所有領域。二、科學與人文的對話科學或醫學的進展應該以人為主，因為科學與醫學治療的進步，會直接影響每個個人。然而影響當代人的許多藥物，我們並不知道背後的故事，這本書將補足科技進步下的人性故事，是足以反思生命的科普著作。三、改變歷史的一頁海拉細胞涉及的拉克斯家族，扭轉了醫療史的進展，但過去這是模糊與隱諱的一頁，這本書的獨特性在於第一次有人能寫清楚這段改變你我的歷史，這也是本書無法被取代的原因。本中文書介出自《改變人類醫療史的海拉》衛城出版出版#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS • WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • Financial Times • New York • Independent (U.K.) • Times (U.K.) • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Globe and MailHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance? Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Rebecca SklootRebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and many others. She is coeditor of The Best American Science Writing 2011 and has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s Radiolab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW. She was named one of five surprising leaders of 2010 by the Washington Post. Skloot’s debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times bestseller. It was chosen as a best book of 2010 by more than sixty media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, People, and the New York Times. It is being translated into more than twenty-five languages, adapted into a young reader edition, and being made into an HBO film produced by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball. Skloot is the founder and president of The Henrietta Lacks Foundation. She has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction. She has taught creative writing and science journalism at the University of Memphis, the University of Pittsburgh, and New York University. She lives in Chicago. For more information, visit her website at RebeccaSkloot.com, where you’ll find links to follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

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最佳賣點 : Acclaimed author Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.

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