The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
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New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
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N616.02774/12
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English
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Physical content
x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
Life. The exam ... 1951 ; Clover ... 1920-1942 ; Diagnosis and treatment ... 1951 ; The birth of HeLa ... 1951 ; "Blackness be spreadin all inside ... 1951 ; "Lady's on the phone" ... 1999 ; The death and life of cell culture ... 1951 ; "A miserable specimen ... 1951 ; Turner Station ... 1999 ; The...
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Publisher
New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2010.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Tissue Donors--United States--Biography
- Tissue and Organ Procurement--ethics--United States
- African Americans--United States--Biography
- Confidentiality--ethics--United States
- Hela Cells--United States
- History, 20th Century--United States
- Human Experimentation--ethics--United States
- Prejudice--United States
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Summary
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vita...
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
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c2010.
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N616.02774/12
Record Identifier
74VKJwG00owy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJwG00owy
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ISBN
1400052173
9781400052172
DDC
616.02774092 B
MMS ID
991022049879702626
