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Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

ISBN: 9781613831199

Contributors: Skloot, Rebecca (Author)

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2011

Binding: Prebound-Glued (Readerbound Available)

Retail: $34.00

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Description

Acclaimed author Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.

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