Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot. - 10 audio discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Unabridged. Compact discs.
Reading by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin of the 2009 book.
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.
9780451486318 0451486315
RHCD 2868 Random House Audio
bl2010002457
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 --Health.
Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography.
African American women--History.
Human experimentation in medicine--History.--United States
HeLa cells.
Cancer--Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Tissue Donors--United States--Biography.
Tissue and Organ Procurement--ethics--United States.
African Americans--United States--Biography.
Confidentiality--ethics--United States.
Hela Cells--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Human Experimentation--ethics--United States.
Prejudice--United States.
Audiobooks on CD.
RC265.6.L24 / S55 2010b
616/.02774092 B
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot. - 10 audio discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Unabridged. Compact discs.
Reading by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin of the 2009 book.
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.
9780451486318 0451486315
RHCD 2868 Random House Audio
bl2010002457
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 --Health.
Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography.
African American women--History.
Human experimentation in medicine--History.--United States
HeLa cells.
Cancer--Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Tissue Donors--United States--Biography.
Tissue and Organ Procurement--ethics--United States.
African Americans--United States--Biography.
Confidentiality--ethics--United States.
Hela Cells--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Human Experimentation--ethics--United States.
Prejudice--United States.
Audiobooks on CD.
RC265.6.L24 / S55 2010b
616/.02774092 B