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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Name: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
ISBN: 9781594134326

Paperback – Large Print, March 8, 2011

Rebecca Skloot

Large Print Press · Paperback · March 8, 2011

Reading lane: Black & African American Lives

A New York Times Bestseller -- Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern tobacco farmer, was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago.

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Interested in medical ethics and historyEngaged by real-life stories of scientific impact

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Authors: Rebecca Skloot
Publisher: Large Print Press
Published: March 8, 2011
Format: Paperback
Theme: Black & African American Lives · African Studies
Reading lane: Black & African American Lives

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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 lega...

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