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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

By: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pan, 2011Description: xii, 431 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780330533447 (pbk.) :; 0330533444 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health | Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography | African American women -- Virginia -- Biography | Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th century | HeLa cells | Medical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 616.02774092
Contents:
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
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Originally published: New York: Crown; London: Macmillan, 2010.

Formerly CIP. Uk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.

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