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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Title:
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Author:
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
ISBN:
9781400052189
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Broadway Paperbacks, c2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 381 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm
Subject:
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.
African American women -- History.
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
HeLa cells.
Cancer -- Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.