Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks author gives back

You rarely hear about the ways a bestselling book can benefit people other than its author, so it's fantastic to hear that Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, has set up a foundation to aid Lacks's family.  The book focuses on a woman whose cancer cells were cultured in a lab and changed how many aspects of biological research were done.  Her family, meanwhile, remained in poverty, never seeing the benefits of billions of dollars worth of research.  Check out the New York Times story on how they're finally seeing the benefits of Henrietta's cells:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/books/05lacks.html?ref=books

And be sure to listen to the audiobook, because it is fascinating.  Click here for more.