The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
By: Skloot, Rebecca.
Publisher: London : Pan Books, 2010Description: xii, 431 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0330533444 (pbk.); 9780330533447:; 9780330533447 (pbk.).Subject(s): Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951 -- Health | African American women -- Virginia -- Biography | Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography | HeLa cells | Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Medical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 616.02774092 Summary: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. Rebecca Skloot takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2010
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. Rebecca Skloot takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story.