http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/050210_full.mp3
We devote most of the hour to a conversation with author Rebecca Skloot, who tells the story of Henrietta Lacks -- a true tale of medical research that combines science, medical history, with race, politics and bioethics. Also this week, the importance of culturing cells in three dimensions; and the story of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study.