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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [large print] / Rebecca Skloot.

Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- (author.).

Summary:

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.