The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Title
: 
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Author
: 
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

ISBN
: 
9780307712509

Edition
: 
Unabridged.

Publication Information
: 
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.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)SCD 174.28 SKL 10 DISCSAudiobooks Nonfiction
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)SCD 174.28 SKL 10 DISCSAudiobooks Nonfiction