The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

Edition: Large print ed.

Publisher: Detroit [Mich.] : Large Print Press, 2011.

ISBN: 9781594134326 (lg. print : pbk.)
1594134324 (lg. print : pbk.)

Description: 618 p. (large print), [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject: Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 Health.
Cancer Patients Virginia Biography.
African American women History.
African American women Virginia Biography.
Human experimentation in medicine United States History.
HeLa cells.
Cancer Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Large type books.

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.