The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot.
Material type: TextPublication details: London Pan 2011Description: 384 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780330533447 (pbk.) :
- 0330533444
- 9780330533447
- Senior S
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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General | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Main | 616 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R11668J0499 |
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.
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