The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [large print] / Rebecca Skloot.
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781410427922
- ISBN: 1410427927
- ISBN: 9781594134326
- ISBN: 1594134324
- Physical Description: 619 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2010.
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, dates, and paging may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Life. The exam ... 1951 -- Clover ... 1920-1942 -- Diagnosis and treatment ... 1951 -- The birth of HeLa ... 1951 -- "Blackness be spreadin all inside ... 1951 -- "Lady's on the phone" ... 1999 -- The death and life of cell culture ... 1951 -- "A miserable specimen ... 1951 -- Turner Station ... 1999 -- The other side of the tracks ... 1999 -- "The devil of pain itself" ... 1951 -- Death. The storm ... 1951 -- The HeLa factory ... 1951-1953 -- Helen Lane ... 1953-1954 -- "Too young to remember" ... 1951-1965 -- "Spending eternity in the same place" ... 1999 -- Illegal, immoral, and deplorable ... 1954-1966 -- "Strangest hybrid" ... 1960-1966 -- "The most critical time on this earth is now" ... 1966-1973 -- The HeLa bomb ... 1966 -- Night doctors ... 2000 -- "The fame she so richly deserves" ... 1970-1973 -- Immortality. "It's alive" ... 1973-1974 -- "Least they can do" ... 1975 -- "Who told you you could sell my spleen?" ... 1976-1988 -- Breach of privacy ... 1980-1985 -- The secret of immortality ... 1984-1995 -- After London ... 1996-1999 -- A village of Henriettas ... 2000 -- Zakariyya ... 2000 -- Hela, goddess of death ... 2000-2001 -- "All that's my mother" ... 2001 -- The hospital for the Negro insane ... 2001 -- The medical records ... 2001 -- Soul cleansing ... 2001 -- Heavenly bodies ... 2001 -- "Nothing to be scared about" ... 2001 -- The long road to Clover ... 2009 -- Where they are now. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 18 151442. |
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- 8 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 4 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | L.P. B LACKS SKL (Text) | 33114016875924 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
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