The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Skloot, Rebecca 1972- (author. ).

Summary: "Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same"--Cover.

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ISBN: 9781400052172
ISBN: 9781400052189
Physical Description: x, 381 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.

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Lacks, Henrietta -- 1920-1951 -- Health
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia
Women, Black -- History
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
HeLa cells
Cancer -- Research
Cell culture
Cytology -- Research -- United States
Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies

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