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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
Corporate Author: Random House Audio Publishing
Other Authors: Campbell, Cassandra (Narrator)
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, [2010]
Subjects:
Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951 > Health.
Cancer > Patients > Virginia > Biography.
African American women > History.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History.
HeLa cells.
Cancer > Research.
Cell culture.
Medical ethics.
Audiobooks.

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