Culture Dish - Rebecca Skloot's Blog on Science, Writing, Life, & HeLa
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| Blog Name: | Culture Dish - Rebecca Skloot's Blog on Science, Writing, Life, & HeLa |
| Url: | http://scienceblogs.com/culturedish |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | 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. |
| Popularity: | 90 Followers |
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Get a Free Copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa) to Consider for Course Adoption,
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 a copy quick, while supplies last (which probably won't
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 a copy quick, while supplies last (which probably won't
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 lawsuit was first filed, many legal experts I talked to said they were sure the case would get thrown out of court for it's unusual approach, namely that it claims that the practice of patenting genes is unconstitutional Se
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 lawsuit was first filed, many legal experts I talked to said they were sure the case would get thrown out of court for it's unusual approach, namely that it claims that the practice of patenting genes is unconstitutional Se
U of Akron Requires DNA from Potential Employees; Feds Open Public Comment Period on Federal Law Pro
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 a living wage, or provide us with health insurance," the instructor said, "but now they want to sacrifice the sanctity of our bodies. No." He was right to question their policy: The Geneti
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 a living wage, or provide us with health insurance," the instructor said, "but now they want to sacrifice the sanctity of our bodies. No." He was right to question their policy: The Geneti
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Book Tour - Bring HeLa to Your Town
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 Discover Great New Writers title for
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 Discover Great New Writers title for
How to Prevent Obesity in Your Pet
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 I got by email and in the comments here. The most common question was, Okay, so the drug is a bad idea, but what else can we do to make sure our pets don't get or stay fat? Below is a column I once wrote
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 I got by email and in the comments here. The most common question was, Okay, so the drug is a bad idea, but what else can we do to make sure our pets don't get or stay fat? Below is a column I once wrote
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