The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Pas de couverture — Rebecca Skloot: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (2011, Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning)

618 pages

Langue : English

Publié 8 novembre 2011 par Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning.

ISBN :: 978-1-59413-432-6
Numéro OCLC :: 666220228

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.

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Max Pearl a publié une critique de The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks par Rebecca Skloot

A great combination of personal story and history

5 étoiles

This is a really great book to listen to. It was narrated well.

The content was great - a very neat combination of personal stories and the very important history of medical science in the US and the racism of it. I highly recommend this book!

Sujets

Cancer
Cell culture
Research
Patients
Health
HeLa cells
African American women
Medical ethics
Human experimentation in medicine
Biography
History

Lieux

United States
Virginia