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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-     Subjects     Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.     Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.     African American women -- History.     Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.     HeLa cells.     Cancer -- Research.     Cell culture.     Medical ethics.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-       by title:      The immortal life of...         MARC Display

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot. by Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- New York : Crown Publishers, c2010. Subjects Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.   Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.   African American women -- History.   Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.   HeLa cells.   Cancer -- Research.   Cell culture.   Medical ethics. ISBN:  9781400052172 1400052173 Description:  x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  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 dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kaimuki Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   On Order Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Biography B Lacks Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Laupahoehoe P/S Library Adult Biography B Lacks Skloot Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.02774 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: Prev 1 2 3 Next

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