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Rebecca Skloot
369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780230750210
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In 1951, a young woman from Baltimore died of cancer. Her death changed medical science for ever. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells - taken without her knowledg...
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Rebecca Skloot
369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780230750210
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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Description
In 1951, a young woman from Baltimore died of cancer. Her death changed medical science for ever. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells - taken without her knowledg...