The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Title
:
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Author
:
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
ISBN
:
9780307712509
Edition
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Unabridged.
Publication Information
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New York : Random House Audio, p2010.
Physical Description
:
10 sound discs (12 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
:
Compact discs.
Personal Subject
:
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951-Health.
Subject Term
:
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.
African American women -- History.
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
HeLa cells.
Cancer -- Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Genre
:
Audiobooks
Added Author
:
Campbell, Cassandra
Turpin, Bahni
Local Subject
:
Spoken compact disc collection.
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.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | SCD 174.28 SKL 10 DISCS | Audiobooks Nonfiction |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | SCD 174.28 SKL 10 DISCS | Audiobooks Nonfiction |