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Author:
Skloot, Rebecca.
Title:
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [sound recording] / Rebecca Skloot.
Format:
[sound recording] /
Publisher:
Random House Audio
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
10 audio discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Lacks, Henrietta--1920-1951--Health.
Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography.
Cancer--Research.
HeLa cells.
HeLa cells.--United States.
Tissue and Organ Procurement--ethics--United States.
African Americans--United States--Biography.
Prejudice--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
African American women--History.
Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History.
Medical ethics.
Tissue Donors--United States--Biography.
Confidentiality--ethics--United States.
Cell culture.
Human Experimentation--ethics--United States.
Audiobooks on CD.
Other Authors:
Campbell, Cassandra.
Turpin, Bahni.
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:
0451486315
9780451486318
LCCN:
bl2010002457
Locations:
YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)
CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)

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