The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks /
Edition statement:Large print edition. Published by : Thorndike Press, (Waterville, Maine :) Physical details: 619 pages ; 23 cm ISBN:9781410427922; 1410427927.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Large Print | W. Ross Macdonald School Library Large Print | Non-fiction | 616.027 SKL (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy: 1 | Available | 2023-0220 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-615).
Henrietta Lacks, a poor southern tobacco farmer, was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medical research. Known to science as HeLa, the first "immortal" human cells grown in culture are still alive today, and have been bought and sold by the billions. Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey from the "coloured" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where Henrietta's family struggles with her legacy.
Ambassador Book Award for American Studies, 2011
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, 2011
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