The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [sound recording] / Rebecca Skloot.
Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
Edition: Library ed.
Publisher: Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
ISBN: 9780307712523 :
0307712524 :
Description: 10 sound discs (12 hr., 31 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 Health.
Cancer Patients Virginia Biography.
HeLa cells.
Cancer Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Audiobooks.
Performers: Read by Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin.
Notes: Unabridged.
BOT : 8385-CD.
Compact discs.
Includes an interview with the author.
Summary: 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.