The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been de...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Broadway Books,
[2011], ©2011.
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Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |