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Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
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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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Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
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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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
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Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
Crown Publishers, c2010.
Call #:
616
.02774
S628i
Subjects
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.
ISBN:
9781400052189 (trade pbk.)
9781400052172
Description:
x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
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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616.02774 S628i
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616.02774 S628i
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Adult Black Nonfiction
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