Screen LibraryThe immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. Rebecca Skloot takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story.
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Pan Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2010 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. Rebecca Skloot takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story. |
| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Crown ; London : Macmillan, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 431 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-418) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781509854424 : 1509854428 9780330533447 0330533444 |
| Index Number: | RC265 |
| CLC: | K837.128.5 |
| Call Number: | K837.128.5/L141S |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: Prologue: The Woman in the Photograph -- Deborah's Voice -- pt. ONE LIFE -- 1. The Exam ... 1951 -- 2. Clover ... 1920-1942 -- 3. Diagnosis and Treatment ... 1951 -- 4. The Birth of HeLa ... 1951 -- 5."Blackness Be Spreadin All Inside" ... 1951 -- 6."Lady's on the Phone" ... 1999 -- 7. The Death and Life of Cell Culture ... 1951 -- 8."A Miserable Specimen" ... 1951 -- 9. Turner Station ... 1999 -- 10. The Other Side of the Tracks ... 1999 -- 11."The Devil of Pain Itself" ... 1951 -- pt. TWO DEATH -- 12. The Storm ... 1951 -- 13. The HeLa Factory ... 1951-1953 |