The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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Published:
New York : Crown Publishing, [2010].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color).
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781400052189, 9781400052172, 1400052181
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 8, 18 Points
Level 8, 18 Points
Lexile measure:
1140
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Description
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.
Target Audience
1140L,Lexile
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APA Citation (style guide)
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, Crown Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-. 2010. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, Crown Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, Crown Publishing, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, Crown Publishing, 2010.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a pt. 1. Life. The exam, 1951 ; Clover, 1920-1942 ; Diagnosis and t reatment, 1951 ; The birth of HeLa, 1951 ; "Blackness be spreadin all inside", 1951 ; "Lady's on the phone", 1999 ; The death and life of cell culture ; "A miserable specimen", 1951 ; Turner Station, 1999 ; The other side of the tracks, 1999 ; "The devil of pain itself", 1951 -- pt. 2. Death. The storm, 1951 ; The HeLa factory, 1951-1953 ; Helen Lane, 1953-1954 ; "Too young to remember", 1951-1965 ; "Spending eternity in the same place", 1999 ; Illegal, immoral, and deplorable, 1954-1966 ; "Strangest hybrid", 1960-1966 ; The most critical time on this Earth is now", 1966-1973 ; The HeLa bomb, 1966 ; Night doctors, 2000 ; "The fame she so richly deserves", 1970-1973 -- pt. 3. Immortality. "It's alive", 1973-1974 ; "Least they can do", 1975 ; "Who told you you could sell my spleen?", 1976-1988 ; Breach of privacy,1980-1985 ; The secret of immortality, 1984-1995 ; After London, 1996-1999 ; A village of Henriettas, 2000 ; Zakariyya, 2000 ; Hela, Goddess of death, 2000-2001 ; "All that's my mother", 2001 ; The hospital for the Negro insane , 2001 ; The medical records, 2001 ; Soul cleansing, 2001 ; Heavenly bodies, 2001 ; "Nothing to be scared about", 2001 ; The long road to Clover, 2009. | |
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