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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.

ISBN: 9781400052172
1400052173

Description: x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject: Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 Health.
Cancer Patients Virginia.
HeLa cells.
Cancer Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.

Contents: pt. 1. Life -- pt. 2. Death -- pt. 3. Immortality.

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.

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