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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - become one of the most important tools in modern medicine.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
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- Released
- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rebecca Skloot
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0230748694
- ISBN13
- 9780230748699
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Health & Medicine, Medicine, Science, Medicine, Life, Research, Future, Cancer, Tumors, Genetics, Prejudices, Molecular Biology, Medical Ethics, Cells, Black People, Segregation
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
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- Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - become one of the most important tools in modern medicine.