Rebecca Skloot
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Publisher
Falmouth Public Library
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
11 books ; in canvas tote 24 in. x 14 in. x 7 in. + 1 plastic folder.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It tells the true story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line.
