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01496aam a2200361 a 4500 001 F9BA11445CEE11E09083E2AE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110402010058 008 110329s2010 000 0 eng u 020 $a 1594134324 020 $a 9781594134326 040 $a B&T $d SILO 100 1 $a Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- 245 1 $a The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks $c Rebecca Skloot. 250 $a Large print ed. 260 $a Waterville, Me. $b Thorndike Press $c 2010. 300 $a 619 p. (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction. 500 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615). 500 $a Life - Death - Immortality. 520 $a 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. 650 $a African American women $x History. 650 $a Cancer $x Biography. $x Virginia $x Biography. 650 $a Cancer $x Research. 650 $a Cell culture. 650 $a HeLa cells. 650 $a Human experimentation in medicine $x History. $x History. 650 $a Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 $x Health. 650 $a Large type books. 650 $a Medical ethics. 941 $a 1 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20110402014832.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F9BA11445CEE11E09083E2AE6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search