The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

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Rebecca Skloot: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (2011, Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning)

618 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 2011 by Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning.

ISBN:
978-1-59413-432-6
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OCLC Number:
666220228

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Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.

14 editions

Subjects

  • Cancer
  • Cell culture
  • Research
  • Patients
  • Health
  • HeLa cells
  • African American women
  • Medical ethics
  • Human experimentation in medicine
  • Biography
  • History

Places

  • United States
  • Virginia