Rebecca Skloot

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1) The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Author

Skloot, Rebecca

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IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18

Language

English

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Women's History

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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.

2) The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Language

English

Formats

Blu-ray, DVD

Description

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An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.