The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
Skloot, Rebecca
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot. - London Pan 2011 - 384 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780330533447 (pbk.) : 0330533444 9780330533447
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 - Health
Cancer - Patients - Virginia - Biography
African American women - Virginia - Biography
Human experimentation in medicine - United States - History - 20th century
HeLa cells
Medical ethics - United States - History - 20th century
BIOGRAPHY
Senior S
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot. - London Pan 2011 - 384 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780330533447 (pbk.) : 0330533444 9780330533447
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 - Health
Cancer - Patients - Virginia - Biography
African American women - Virginia - Biography
Human experimentation in medicine - United States - History - 20th century
HeLa cells
Medical ethics - United States - History - 20th century
BIOGRAPHY
Senior S