The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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.

• | Author: Rebecca Skloot
• | Publisher: Crown
• | Publication Date: February 02, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1400052173
• | ISBN-13: 9781400052172