Skloot, Rebecca,  1972- <br/><br/>
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / 
Rebecca Skloot. 
 - 377 pages  illustrations (some color)  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400052172 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009031785 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 --Health
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography<br/>African American women--History<br/>Human experimentation in medicine--History--United States<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>616/.02774092  B 616/.02774092 B