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02500aim a2200421 a 4500 001 0807AD90DE6B11DF9C83A1F56AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20101023010128 008 100805s2010 000 0 eng u 020 $a 9780307712530 020 $a 0307712532 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)\9780307712530 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)\0307712516 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)\9780307712516 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 040 $a FMG $d SILO 100 1 $a Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- 245 1 $a The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [electronic resource] $c Rebecca Skloot. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a Westminster, Md. $b Books on Tape $c 2010. 300 $a Mode of access: $b World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (179866 KB). 500 $a Downloadable audio file. 500 $a Duration: 12:30:00. 500 $a Includes an interview with the author. 500 $a Title from: Title details screen. 511 0 $a Read by Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin. 520 $a Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they'd weigh more than 50 million metric tons--as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb's effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. 650 $a Audiobooks. 650 $a Cancer $x Biography. $x Virginia $x Biography. 650 $a Cancer $x Research. 650 $a Cell culture. 650 $a HeLa cells. 650 $a Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 $x Health. 650 $a Medical ethics. 700 $a Campbell, Cassandra. nrt 700 $a OverDrive, Inc. 700 $a Turpin, Bahni. 856 $u http://wilbor.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2615090E-0B42-40C2-ABD3-6E05AAA66413 $3 URL 941 $a 2 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20110608043258.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20101023011133.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0807AD90DE6B11DF9C83A1F56AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search