The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-2019
Book
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her `immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences... Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world for ever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.
Main title:
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot ; with an introduction by Sarah Moss.
Author:
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-, authorMoss, Sarah, writer of introduction
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2019.©2010
Collation:
xxii, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781509877027 (paperback)
Dewey class:
616.02774092920.72
Language:
English
Subject:
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- HealthCancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- BiographyAfrican American women -- Virginia -- BiographyHuman experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryHeLa cellsMedical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryCancer -- ResearchOrgan donorsPrejudices
BRN:
518963