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Author:

Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

Title:

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [CD audio] / Rebecca Skloot.

Format:

[CD audio] /

Publisher:

Random House Audio,

Copyright Date:

p2010

Description:

10 sound discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Lacks, Henrietta,--1920-1951--Health.
Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography.
African American women--History.
Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History.
HeLa cells.
Cancer--Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Campbell, Cassandra. nrt
Turpin, Bahni. nrt

Notes:

Unabridged. Compact discs. Reading by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin of the 2009 book.

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.

ISBN:

0307712508
9780307712509

OCLC:

(OCoLC)502981421

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