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Author:
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
Title:
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [sound recording] / by Rebecca Skloot.
Format:
[sound recording] /
Publisher:
Random House Audio
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
10 sound discs (12 1/2 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Lacks, Henrietta--1920-1951--Health.
Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography.
Cancer--Research.
Cell culture.
Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History.
HeLa cells.
African American women--History.
Medical ethics.
Other Authors:
Campbell, Cassandra.
Turpin, Bahni.
Notes:
Unabridged. Read by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin.
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
Locations:
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

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