The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

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

618, pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 2011 da Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning.

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

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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.

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very, very well written. the transition between science and personal life of not only henrietta but her family members as well was very smooth. the only thing was i kinda got whiplash from the afterword because it went straight into super technical stuff. i guess it is only an afterword though. very good book, and i recommend it to everybody, but especially people who are involved in molecular biology.

Argomenti

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

Luoghi

  • United States
  • Virginia