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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.

Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- author.

Note: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.



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Author:
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- author.
Subject:
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.
HeLa cells.
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.
Cell culture.
African American women -- History.
Cancer -- Research.
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
Medical ethics.