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008 110311s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 _a9781509854424 (pbk. )
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041 _aeng
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_a616.02774
_bSKL/I
100 1 _aSkloot, Rebecca
222 _aBiology
245 1 4 _aImmortal life of Henrietta Lacks/
_c[by] Rebecca Skloot
260 _aLondon:
_bPan Macmillan,
_c2017, c2010
300 _axii 431 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c20 cm.
500 _aInclude Index.
520 _aRebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.
600 1 0 _aLacks, Henrietta,
_d1920-1951
650 0 _aCancer
_xPatients
_zVirginia
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American women
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHuman experimentation in medicine
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHeLa cells.
650 0 _aCancer
_xResearch.
650 0 _aCell culture.
650 0 _aMedical ethics.
650 0 _aBiology
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