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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot Price: LE 495
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Book Summary |
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. Now a HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.
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Book Details
Language: English
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Pan Publishing (2019)
ISBN-10: 9781509877027
ISBN-13: 9781509877027
Genre: Biography
Size: 13 cm x 19.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 71 grams
Condition: New
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Language: English Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Pan Publishing (2019) ISBN-10: 9781509877027 ISBN-13: 9781509877027
Genre: Biography Size: 13 cm x 19.2 cm Shipping Weight: 71 grams Condition: New
In Stock
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