The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
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Label
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 574-615)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
666220228
Responsibility statement
Rebecca Skloot
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
Target audience
adult
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- African American women + History
- Cancer + Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health
- Nonfiction
- Medical ethics
- Large print books
- Cancer + Research
- African American women -- Virginia -- Biography
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
- Large print books
- HeLa cells
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject11
- African American women + History
- Cancer + Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health
- Nonfiction
- Medical ethics
- Large print books
- Cancer + Research
- African American women -- Virginia -- Biography
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
- Large print books
- HeLa cells
- Mapped to1