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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

"Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of"--From publisher description.

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  • "Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in modern medicine."
  • ""Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of"--From publisher description."@en
  • "W 1951 roku młoda czarna kobieta zmarła na raka. Jej śmierć zmieniła historię medycyny. Niezwykła opowieść o życiu Henrietty Lacks, ubogiej farmerki z Południa, od której pobrano słynne komórki HeLa. Światowy bestseller, na podstawie którego już wkrótce powstanie film. Jego produkcją zajmą się Oprah Winfrey i Alan Ball! Niniejsza książka jest dokumentem. Ani jedno imię nie zostało zmienione, ani jedna postać nie została wymyślona, ani jeden fakt nie został sfabrykowany. Pisząc ją, autorka przeprowadziła ponad tysiąc godzin rozmów z krewnymi i znajomymi Henrietty Lacks, a także z prawnikami, etykami, badaczami i dziennikarzami, którzy pisali o rodzinie Lacks. Posiłkowała się również archiwalnymi zdjęciami i dokumentami, badaniami naukowymi i historycznymi oraz prywatnymi pamiętnikami córki Henrietty, Deborah Lacks. Efektem jest lektura pełna ciepła i inteligentnej dociekliwości, do tego ukazująca piękno i dramat odkryć naukowych, a zarazem ich ludzką stronę."
  • ""Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of"--Résumé de l'éditeur."
  • "Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description."
  • "Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description."@en
  • "Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - become one of the most important tools in modern medicine."
  • "Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. --> From publisher description."
  • ""Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of"--Note de l'éditeur."
  • "Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping."@en
  • "Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping."

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  • "Biographie"
  • "Non-fiction"
  • "Literatura faktu"
  • "Adult book club bags"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Downloadable e-Books"@en
  • "Book club kit"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
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  • "Biografieën (vorm)"
  • "Biografieën (vorm)"@en
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  • "Biography"
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  • "Nesmrtelný život Henrietty Lacksové : neuvěřitelný příběh buněčné kultury HeLa"
  • "永生的海拉 = The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
  • "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"@en
  • "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
  • "La vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks"
  • "Haila xi bao de bu si chuan qi"
  • "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [Electronic resource]"@en
  • "永生的海拉"
  • "Nesmrtno življenje Henriette Lacks"@sl
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  • "La Vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks"
  • "Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"@en
  • "La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks : murió de cáncer hace sesenta años, pero sus células siguen vivas"@es
  • "חיי הנצח של הנרייטה לאקס"
  • "Die Unsterblichkeit der Henrietta Lacks die Geschichte der HeLa-Zellen"
  • "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]"
  • "<The> immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
  • "Ḥaye ha-netsaḥ shel Henriyeṭah Laḳs"
  • "Yong sheng de hai la"
  • "la vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks"@it
  • "La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks murió de cáncer hace sesenta años, pero sus células siguen vivas"@es
  • "La vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks"
  • "A vida imortal de Henrietta Lacks"@pt
  • "A vida imortal de Henrietta Lacks"
  • "Die Unsterblichkeit der Henrietta Lacks"
  • "La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks"
  • "Nieśmiertelne życie Henrietty Lacks"
  • "Nieśmiertelne życie Henrietty Lacks"@pl
  • "Henrietta Lacks' udødelige liv"@da
  • "海拉細胞的不死傳奇"
  • "La vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks ; traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Isabelle D. Taudière et Raymond Clarinard"
  • "Yong sheng de Hai La = The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
  • "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Young Reader's Edition"@en
  • "Hai la xi bao de bu si chuan qi"
  • "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
  • "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"@en
  • "The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"

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