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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Skloot, Rebecca 1972- (Author). Campbell, Cassandra. (Narrator). Turpin, Bahni. (Narrator).

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307712509 :
  • ISBN: 0307712508 :
  • Physical Description: sound recording
    sound disc
    10 sound discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, p2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Participant or Performer Note: Reading by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin of the 2009 book.
Subject: Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951 Health
Cancer Patients Virginia Biography
African American women History
Human experimentation in medicine United States History
HeLa cells
Cancer Research
Cell culture
Medical ethics
Genre: Audiobooks.
Compact discs.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Kirtland Community College Library RC 265.6 .L24 S55 2010 CD 30540829 Audiobooks Available -

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