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| LC control number |
2009031785 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781400052172 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1400052173 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)326529053 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
616.02774092 Skl |
| Item number |
12 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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79321 |
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79321 |
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616.02774092 Skl |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Skloot, Rebecca, frey50 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Rebecca Skloot. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Crown Publishers, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Lacks, Henrietta, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1920-1951 |
| General subdivision |
Health. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cancer |
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Patients |
| Geographic subdivision |
Virginia |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American women |
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History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human experimentation in medicine |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
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History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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HeLa cells. |
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Cancer |
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Research. |
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Cell culture. |
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Medical ethics. |
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AJML |
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600 - 699 |
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616.02774092 Skl |
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12 |