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978-1-4000-5217-2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010) is a non-fiction book by American author Rebecca Skloot. It was the 2011 winner of the National Academies Communication Award for best creative work that helps the public understanding of topics in science, engineering or medicine.
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Mar 8, 2011 · 4.6 28,820 ratings. #1 Best Seller in History of Medicine. See all formats and editions. Coupon: Apply $0.90 coupon Terms. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Full Book Summary. In 1951, an African American woman named Henrietta Lacks discovered what she called a “knot” on her cervix that turned out to be a particularly virulent form of cervical cancer. The head of gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who was studying cervical cancer at the time, had asked ...
Feb 2, 2010 · Rebecca Skloot. 4.12. 738,024 ratings41,084 reviews. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells ...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of ...
In 2010, Rebecca Skloot published The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a compelling look at Henrietta Lacks’ story, her impact on medical science, and important bioethical issues. That book became the basis for the HBO/Harpo film by the same name, which was released in April 2017.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. By Rebecca Skloot Read by Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin. Best Seller. Category: Science & Technology | Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks. Paperback $18.99. Mar 08, 2011| ISBN 9781400052189. Buy. Hardcover $30.00. Feb 02, 2010| ISBN 9781400052172. Buy. Ebook $14.99. Feb 02, 2010| ISBN 9780307589385. Buy.
