The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [LP]
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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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
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Waterville, Me. :
Thorndike Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | Large print ed. |
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| 020 | |a 9781410427922 |q (hardcover) | ||
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| 020 | |a 9781594134326 |q (pbk.) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)606053227 | ||
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| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 362.196/9940092 |a B |2 22 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Skloot, Rebecca, |d 1972- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [LP] / |c Rebecca Skloot. |
| 250 | |a Large print ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Waterville, Me. : |b Thorndike Press, |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 619 p. (large print) ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615). | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Life - Death - Immortality. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Lacks, Henrietta, |d 1920-1951 |x Health. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cancer |x Patients |z Virginia |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human experimentation in medicine |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a HeLa cells. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cancer |x Research. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cell culture. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Medical ethics. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Large print books. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Oldham, Helen G. tribute. | |
| 949 | |a schlow |b SANONLP |c 616.027 SKL [LP] |d i |e 39635103978950 |f 457870 |g ddc |j 11/11/2010 | ||
| 999 | |a 313512 | ||
