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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesPublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2010.Edition: Large print edDescription: 619 p. (large print) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1410427927 (hardcover)
  • 9781410427922 (hardcover)
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Contents:
Life -- Death -- Immortality.
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Dr. James Carlson Library Large Print NonFiction Lacks, H. S628 Available 33111008198166
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A New York Times Bestseller -- Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern tobacco farmer, was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells -- taken without her knowledge, grown in culture and bought and sold by the billions -- became one of the most important tools in medical research. Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey from the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where Henrietta's family struggles with her legacy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615).

Life -- Death -- Immortality.

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.

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