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008 090813s2010 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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_c$26.00
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100 1 _aSkloot, Rebecca,
_d1972-
245 1 4 _aThe immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
_cRebecca Skloot.
260 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishers,
_cc2010.
300 _ax, 369 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
520 _aDocuments 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.
600 1 7 _aLacks, Henrietta,
_d1920-1951.
_2sears
650 7 _aCancer
_xPatients
_vBiography.
_2sears
650 7 _aAfrican American women
_xHealth and hygiene.
_2sears
650 7 _aCancer
_xResearch.
_2sears
650 7 _aCells.
_2sears
650 7 _aMedical ethics.
_2sears
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