Skloot, Rebecca
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LACKS, HENRIETTA SKLSkloot, Rebecca
Summary: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010