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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
LP NF LACK	Large Print		Panania .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781594134326
ISBN	1594134324
Name	Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
Title	The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
Edition	Large print ed.
Published	Waterville, Me. : Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.
Published	©2010
Description	618 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 574-615)
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.
Subjects	Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health
	Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
	African American women -- History
	African American women -- Virginia -- Biography
	Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
	HeLa cells
	Cancer -- Research
	Cell culture
	Medical ethics
Genre	Large type books
Links to Related Works	Subject References: African American women -- History . African American women -- Virginia -- Biography . Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography . Cancer -- Research . Cell culture . HeLa cells . Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History . Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health . Large type books . Medical ethics . See Also: Bioethics . Ethics . Euthanasia . Human experimentation in medicine . Professional ethics . Social medicine . Authors: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- .