The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rebecca Skloot
Format: Printed Book
Published: Pan MacMillan 2010
Subjects:
Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951 > Health. Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951. Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951 > hälsa. View all subjects
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Prologue: The Woman in the Photograph
  • Deborah's Voice
  • pt. ONE LIFE
  • 1. The Exam ... 1951
  • 2. Clover ... 1920-1942
  • 3. Diagnosis and Treatment ... 1951
  • 4. The Birth of HeLa ... 1951
  • 5."Blackness Be Spreadin All Inside" ... 1951
  • 6."Lady's on the Phone" ... 1999
  • 7. The Death and Life of Cell Culture ... 1951
  • 8."A Miserable Specimen" ... 1951
  • 9. Turner Station ... 1999
  • 10. The Other Side of the Tracks ... 1999
  • 11."The Devil of Pain Itself" ... 1951
  • pt. TWO DEATH
  • 12. The Storm ... 1951
  • 13. The HeLa Factory ... 1951-1953
  • 14. Helen Lane ... 1953-1954
  • 15."Too Young to Remember" ... 1951
  • 1965
  • 16."Spending Eternity in the Same Place" ... 1999
  • 17. Illegal, Immoral, and Deplorable ... 1954-1966
  • 18."Strangest Hybrid" ... 1960-1966
  • 19."The Most Critical Time on This Earth Is Now" ... 1966-1973
  • 20. The HeLa Bomb ... 1966
  • 21. Night Doctors ... 2000
  • 22."The Fame She So Richly Deserves" ... 1970-1973.

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