title: A Conspiracy of Cells: One Woman's Immortal Legacy-And the Medical Scandal It Caused
author:  Michael Gold 
description: "A Conspiracy of Cells is a good read and gives a glimpse into the human side of research and the nasty surprises nature can conjure up." -- James Hicks, Science 85<br /><br />"An outstanding science reporter, Michael Gold looks beyond the cold precision of science to the human side, and exposes its weaknesses. He makes it all too clear that even scientists are only human." -- Margo Crabtree, Science Digest<br /><br />"Conspiracy is a dazzlingly readable and chilling thriller by a thorough investigate reporter. . . From page one, the reader is drawn deeply into the horror story of how one dead woman's terribly virulent cervical cancer cells have adversely affected the 'war on cancer.' " -- Kathleen Johnston, Science Books &amp; Films
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  **EPİLOGUE**
  
  
  
  
  
  THREE WEEKS LATER
  
  
    
  Jonas opened the door to the confinement cell and entered it slowly, his chest
  aching as he stared at the huddled form of the doctor he had really grown
  quite fond of over the years.
  
  
  Her hair was mussed and lay over her pale face. Her tiny body was curled on
  the mattress in the padded room, and she looked fragile, incredibly breakable,
  as he crouched down beside her and watched her for long, long moments.
  
  
  “We were all played with in the labs,” he finally said softly. “The drugs, for
  many of our females the raping of their minds and their bodies. Do you believe
  that what happened to them was their own fault? That they deserved such horror
  because they allowed it?”
  
  
  She was silent for so long that he wondered if she was even going to answer
  him.
  
  
  “No,” she finally whispered, her voice hoarse as she continued to lie with her
  back turned to him.
  
  
  She was dressed in clean clothing. He had made certain she was kept clean; she
  would 