Author: Rebecca Skloot
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Crown Publishers Inc
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: B0082PQ8KQ
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
This title is an international bestseller. Medical books The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and, have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave Medical books The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Slacks--a women whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.
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 slave ancestors, 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. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they'd weigh more than 50 million metric tons-as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets o
Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks mdash;a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s mdash;with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans. Details ISBN 1400052173 ISBN-13 9781400052172 Title The Immortal Life of
Medical Book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and, have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story, from the 'coloured' ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live, and struggle with the legacy of her cells. Full of warmth and questing intelligence, astonishing in scope and impossible to put down, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
