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20 Essential Biographies for Medical Students
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot:
Medical science would have ended up in severe stagnation were it not for the discovery of HeLa cells — an immortal cervical cancer sample responsible for polio vaccines, gene mapping, AIDS and cancer research and plenty more staggering advances.
But until recently, nobody knew the often life story of Henrietta Lacks, the woman from whom the culture was originally (and unknowingly) taken.
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox:
As with most women in the biological and medical fields prior to the mid-to-late 20th century, Rosalind Franklin witnessed many of her discoveries and theories appropriated by male colleagues — who, in turn, received all accompanying accolades without giving her any credit.
Her research proved crucial in discovering DNA's double helix structure, but James Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize while she ended up floun