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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot

Label
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
606053227
Responsibility statement
Rebecca Skloot
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
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
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