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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /

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 h...

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Main Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, ©2010.
Subjects and Genres:
Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951 > Health.
Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951
Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951.
Lacks, Henrietta > 1920-1951
Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951 > hälsa.
Lacks, Henrietta.
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Geschichte 1950-2009.
Cancer > Patients > Virginia > Biography.
African American women > History.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History.
Racism in medicine > United States > History.
HeLa cells.
Cancer > Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Organ donors.
African Americans.
Prejudices.
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement > ethics
Black or African American.
Confidentiality > ethics
HeLa Cells
History, 20th Century
Human Experimentation > ethics
Prejudice
Cells, Cultured
Ethics, Medical
Noires américaines > Histoire.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine > États-Unis > Histoire.
Racisme en médecine > Histoire.
Cellules HeLa.
Cancer > Recherche.
Cellules > Culture.
Éthique médicale.
Donneurs d'organes.
Noirs américains.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Préjugés.
African American.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
African American women.
Cancer > Patients.
Health.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Cytologie.
Zellkultur
HeLa-Zelle
Medizinische Ethik
Medicinhistoria > forskning > etik > Förenta Staterna.
Patienter > cancer.
Medicinsk teknik.
Afro-amerikanskor.
Cancerpatienter > historia > Förenta staterna.
Cancer > forskning > historia > Förenta staterna.
Afro-amerikanska kvinnor > historia.
Cellodling.
Cancer > Patients > Biography.
African American women > Health and hygiene.
Cells.
United States
United States.
Virginia.
Biography
Biographie.
Student Collection.
Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Life. The exam ... 1951 ; Clover ... 1920-1942 ; Diagnosis and treatment ... 1951 ; The birth of HeLa ... 1951 ; "Blackness be spreadin all inside ... 1951 ; "Lady's on the phone" ... 1999 ; The death and life of cell culture ... 1951 ; "A miserable specimen ... 1951 ; Turner Station ... 1999 ; The other side of the tracks ... 1999 ; "The devil of pain itself" ... 1951
  • Death. The storm ... 1951 ; The HeLa factory ... 1951-1953 ; Helen Lane ... 1953-1954 ; "Too young to remember" ... 1951-1965 ; "Spending eternity in the same place" ... 1999 ; Illegal, immoral, and deplorable ... 1954-1966 ; "Strangest hybrid" ... 1960-1966 ; "The most critical time on this earth is now" ... 1966-1973 ; The HeLa bomb ... 1966 ; Night doctors ... 2000 ; "The fame she so richly deserves" ... 1970-1973
  • Immortality. "It's alive" ... 1973-1974 ; "Least they can do" ... 1975 ; "Who told you you could sell my spleen?" ... 1976-1988 ; Breach of privacy ... 1980-1985 ; The secret of immortality ... 1984-1995 ; After London ... 1996-1999 ; A village of Henriettas ... 2000 ; Zakariyya ... 2000 ; Hela, goddess of death ... 2000-2001 ; "All that's my mother" ... 2001 ; The hospital for the Negro insane ... 2001 ; The medical records ... 2001 ; Soul cleansing ... 2001 ; Heavenly bodies ... 2001 ; "Nothing to be scared about" ... 2001 ; The long road to Clover ... 2009
  • Where they are now.

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