The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: TV Tie-In
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, NOW AN HBO FILM STARRING OPRAH WINFREY & ROSE BYRNEHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most...
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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, NOW AN HBO FILM STARRING OPRAH WINFREY & ROSE BYRNEHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immo
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ISBN:
9781760553739
Publisher: Picador Australia
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
This is a very interesting book. The science is fascinating, as are the human stories at its heart. There are so many tragic aspects to this story including Henrietta's painful death, Elsie's separation from her family and her life after that and the Lacks family not being able to afford health care...
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