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_aSkloot, Rebecca _95429 |
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_aThe immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / _cRebecca Skloot. |
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_aLondon _bPan _c2011 |
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300 | _a384 p. ; 20 cm. | ||
500 | _aOriginally published: London: Macmillan, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | _aHer 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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_aLacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 - Health _95430 |
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_aCancer - Patients - Virginia - Biography _95431 |
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_aAfrican American women - Virginia - Biography _95432 |
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_aHuman experimentation in medicine - United States - History - 20th century _95433 |
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_aHeLa cells _95434 |
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_aMedical ethics - United States - History - 20th century _95435 |
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_aBIOGRAPHY _994 |
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