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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Skloot, Rebecca 1972- (author.). Campbell, Cassandra, (narrator.). Turpin, Bahni, (narrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0451486315
  • ISBN: 9780451486318
  • Physical Description: sound disc
    10 audio discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, [2010]

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General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin.

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Subject: Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951 Health
African American women History
Cancer Patients Virginia Biography
Cancer Research
Cell culture
HeLa cells
Human experimentation in medicine United States History
Medical ethics
Genre: Audiobooks.
Biographies.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Scenic Regional.

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Scenic Regional-Wright City CDSP 616.0277 SKL (Text) 3005738043 Compact Disc-Spoken Available -

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