The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (52 page)

For a selection of related lawsuits, see
Margaret Cramer Green v. Com missioner of Internal Revenue
(74 T.C. 1229);
United States of America v. Dorothy R. Garber
(78–5024);
Greenberg v. Miami Children’s Hospital Research Institute
(264 F.Supp.2d 1064);
Steven York v. Howard W
.
Jones et al
. (89–373-N);
The Washington University v. William J. Catalona, M.D., et al
. (CV-01065 and 06–2301);
Tilousi v. Arizona State University Board of Re gents
(04-CV-1290);
Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., and Competitive Technologies, Inc., v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
(03–1120);
Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office; Myriad Genetics et al
. (case documents online at
aclu.org/brca/
); and
Bearder et al. v. State of Minnesota and MDH
(complaint online at
cchconline.org/pr/pro31109.php
).

REBECCA SKLOOT
is a science writer whose articles have appeared in
The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Prevention; Glamour;
and others. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s
Radio Lab
and PBS’s
NOVA science NOW
, and is a contributing editor at
Popular Science
magazine. Her work has been anthologized in several collections, including
The Best Food Writing
and
The Best Creative Nonfiction
. She is a former vice president of the National Book Critics Circle, and has taught nonfiction in the creative writing programs at the University of Memphis and the University of Pittsburgh, and science journalism in New York University’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. She blogs about science, life, and writing at Culture Dish, hosted by
Seed
magazine. This is her first book. For more information, visit her website at
RebeccaSkloot.com
.