>> i was actually pre-vet at sesto with animals and by the time i was 5i was went to be a veterinarianso i was very one track about that so for me i was always interested in science and medicine but it was very much part of this and always being effect. >> do you feel like henrietta lacks as a friend of yours? >> i feel like she's definitely a huge part of my life and yes there is this sense and which deborah in particular, her daughter believes that henrietta is out there and is very much alive in the universe with a fees' cells and she's been biding my life like i am a puppet and a lot of what happens in my life is because henrietta does or doesn't want it so yes, henrietta is a constt presence in my life. >> rebecca skloot is the author, speed is the book. >> for more information you can go on line to booktv.org to be the site includes better access functions and ec navigation pure you can learn more about authors and books including the kamikaze diary. this is 20 minutes. >>> professor of anthropology at the university of wisconsin madison has written another book, this one is ," c