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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Af: Rebecca Skloot Engelsk Paperback

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Af: Rebecca Skloot Engelsk Paperback
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman’s cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.

‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, Guardian


Her 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 ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .

Rebecca Skloot’s fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman’s cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.

‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, Guardian


Her 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 ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .

Rebecca Skloot’s fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 464
ISBN-13: 9781035038619
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1035038617
Udg. Dato: 7 mar 2024
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 7 mar 2024
Forfatter(e): Rebecca Skloot
Forfatter(e) Rebecca Skloot


Kategori Biografier: videnskab, teknologi og medicin


ISBN-13 9781035038619


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 464


Udgave


Længde 29mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 7 mar 2024


Oplagsdato 7 mar 2024


Forlag Pan Macmillan