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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot
Price: US $16.99
ISBN 13: 9781594134326
ISBN 10: 1594134324
Product number: 261026
Published/Released: March 2011
Shipping Weight:
1.25 lbs
/0.57 kgs
Review:
“Writing with a novelist’s artistry‚ a biologist’s expertise‚ and the zeal of an investigative reporter‚ Skloot tells an astonishing story of racism and poverty‚ science and conscience …”
— starred‚ Booklist
Description:
A New York Times Bestseller
Henrietta Lacks‚ a poor Southern tobacco farmer‚ was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells — taken without her knowledge‚ grown in culture and bought and sold by the billions — became one of the most important tools in medical research. Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today‚ where Henrietta’s family struggles with her legacy.
