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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks  Cover Image Book Book

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Skloot, Rebecca 1972- (author. ).

Summary: "Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same"--Cover.

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  • ISBN: 9781400052172
  • ISBN: 9781400052189
  • Physical Description: x, 381 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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  • Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
Subject: Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies
Cytology -- Research -- United States
Cell culture
Cancer -- Research
HeLa cells
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
Women, Black -- History
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia
Lacks, Henrietta -- 1920-1951 -- Health

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  • 9 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Vanderhoof Public Library.

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Vanderhoof Public Library 616.027 SKL (Text) 35193000371957 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

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