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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks More Info about books visit : https://incledger.com/lp1/?book=B00338QENI by Rebecca Skloot Book Descriptions : Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2010: From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family The right book in the right hands at the right time,can change the world. *See what books your friends are reading. Track the books you're reading, have read, and want to read. Check out your personalized book recommendations. Our recommendation engine analyzes 20 billion data points to give suggestions tailored to your literary tastes. Find out if a book is a good fit for you from our community�s reviews.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
More Info about books visit : https://incledger.com/lp1/?book=B00338QENI
by Rebecca Skloot
Book Descriptions :
Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2010: From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author : Rebecca Skloot Pages : 310 pages Publisher : Crown
Language : eng ISBN-10 : B00338QENI ISBN-13 :
Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2010: From a single,
abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some
of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from
that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of
medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in
memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor
African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died
from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of
her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was
the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of midcentury
biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab.
Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building
block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio.
Meanwhile, Henrietta's family
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