Skloot, Rebecca  (, 1972-) <br/><br/>
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks 
/ Rebecca Skloot 
 - New York  : Crown Publishers  , c2010. 
 - x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates  : ill. (some col.)  ; 25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400052172 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lacks, Henrietta (, 1920-1951) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cancer-patients---United States----Biography<br/>African American women----Biography<br/>Human experimentation in medicine---United States---History<br/>HeLa cells<br/>Cancer---Research<br/>Cell culture<br/>Medical ethics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC265.6.L24  / S55 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 LAC