02280cam a2200373 i 4500 295997712 TxAuBib 20100212120000.0 090813s2010||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2009031785 9781410427922 lg. print 1410427927 lg. print (OCoLC)326529053 eng rda TxAuBib rda Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [LARGE PRINT] / Rebecca Skloot. Waterville, Me. : T horndike Press, 2010. 619 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations photograph ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20100804. Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951 Health. Cell culture. Cancer Patients Virginia Biography. Cancer Research. Human experimentation in medicine United States History. African American women History. HeLa cells. Medical ethics. Large print books. Biographies.