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050	0	0	_aRC265.6.L24 _bS55 2011
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100	1		_aSkloot, Rebecca, _d1972- _9151280
245	1	4	_aThe immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / _cRebecca Skloot.
250			_a1st pbk. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bBroadway Paperbacks, _cc2011.
300			_axiv, 381 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers ... in 2010"--T.p. verso.
500			_a"Guide inside"--Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [346]̈-366) and index.
520			_aHer 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 secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description.
600	1	0	_aLacks, Henrietta, _d1920-1951 _xHealth. _9151281
650		0	_aCancer _xPatients _zVirginia _vBiography. _9153695
650		0	_aAfrican American women _xHistory. _9153697
650		0	_aHuman experimentation in medicine _zUnited States _xHistory. _9153699
650		0	_aHeLa cells. _9151285
650		0	_aCancer _xResearch. _9153701
650		0	_aCell culture. _9153702
650		0	_aMedical ethics. _9153703
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