The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
(Large Print)
Copies
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.
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Skloot, R. (2011). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. Large print edition. Detroit, Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-. 2011. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Detroit, Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Detroit, Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Large print edition. Detroit, Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.
Staff View
QR Code
Record Information
Last Sierra Extract Time | Nov 21, 2024 12:19:16 PM |
---|---|
Last File Modification Time | Nov 21, 2024 12:19:24 PM |
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Nov 23, 2024 01:38:41 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03531cam 2200469Ia 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 236369487 | ||
003 | SKY | ||
005 | 20150929182800.0 | ||
008 | 100921s2011 miuaf edb 000 0beng d | ||
010 | |a oc2011020742 | ||
020 | |a 9781594134326 (lg. print) | ||
020 | |a 1594134324 (lg. print) | ||
040 | |a BTCTA |b eng |e rda |c BTCTA |d ZAE |d OCLCA |d OCLCQ |d SFR |d SKYRV |d CoBoFLC | ||
043 | |a n-us-va |a n-us--- | ||
082 | 0 | 0 | |a 362.196/9940092 |a B |2 22 |
100 | 1 | |a Skloot, Rebecca, |d 1972- | |
245 | 1 | 4 | |a The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks |h [text (large print)] / |c Rebecca Skloot. |
250 | |a Large print edition. | ||
264 | 1 | |a Detroit : |b Large Print Press/Gale Cengage Learning, |c 2011. | |
300 | |a 618 pages (large print), 13 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
340 | |n large print |2 rdafs |0 http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAfontSize/1002 | ||
500 | |a Originally published: New York : Crown Publishers, 2010. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 574-615). | ||
505 | 0 | |a Life. The exam ... 1951 ; Clover ... 1920-1942 ; Diagnosis and treatment ... 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 ... 1951 ; "A miserable specimen ... 1951 ; Turner Station ... 1999 ; The other side of the tracks ... 1999 ; "The devil of pain itself" ... 1951 -- 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 -- 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 -- Where they are now | |
520 | |a 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. | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Lacks, Henrietta, |d 1920-1951 |x Health. |
650 | 0 | |a Cancer |x Patients |z Virginia |v Biography. | |
650 | 0 | |a African American women |x History. | |
650 | 0 | |a Human experimentation in medicine |x History. | |
650 | 0 | |a HeLa cells. | |
650 | 0 | |a Cancer |x Research. | |
650 | 0 | |a Cell culture. | |
650 | 0 | |a Medical ethics. | |
655 | 7 | |a Large print books. |2 lcgft | |
907 | |a .b24456822 | ||
945 | |y .i23963475 |i R0502341538 |l lsnla |s - |h |u 65 |x 4 |w 5 |v 48 |t 0 |z 111114 |1 09-16-2024 19:45 |o - |f LARGE PRINT |a 616.02774092 |b LACKS | ||
945 | |y .i48444881 |i 33060013809954 |l lgnla |s t |h |u 4 |x 0 |w 4 |v 2 |t 1 |z 240210 |1 11-21-2024 19:18 |o - |a Large Type 616.02774 SKL | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltibib in 2023.05 | ||
998 | |f - |e z |i eng |h lg |h ls |