The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
By: Skloot, Rebecca.
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BookPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 369 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781400052172 (trade); 1400052173.Subject(s): Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health | Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History | HeLa cells | Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography | African American women -- History | Cancer -- Research | Cell culture | Medical ethics | Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 | Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History | HeLa cells | Cancer -- Patients -- Biography | African American women -- History | Cancer -- Research | Cell culture | Medical ethicsDDC classification: 616/.02774/092 Summary: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
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