The Resource The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
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The item The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 619 p. (large print)
- Contents
-
- Life - Death - Immortality
- Isbn
- 9781410427922
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
- Title
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
- Statement of responsibility
- Rebecca Skloot
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Skloot, Rebecca
- Dewey number
-
- 362.196/9940092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lacks, Henrietta
- Cancer
- African American women
- Human experimentation in medicine
- HeLa cells
- Cancer
- Cell culture
- Medical ethics
- Large type books
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615)
- Contents
- Life - Death - Immortality
- Control code
- ocn606053227
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 619 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410427922
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)606053227
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615)
- Contents
- Life - Death - Immortality
- Control code
- ocn606053227
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 619 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410427922
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)606053227
Subject
- Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
- Cancer -- Research
- Cell culture
- HeLa cells
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
- African American women -- History
- Large type books
- Medical ethics
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Science
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