LATEST ART BOOKSImmortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Pan MacMillan
English Text.
London, 2010; hardback, cm 16,5x24,5.
ISBN: 0-230-74869-4 - EAN13: 9780230748699
Languages: 
Weight: 0.66 kg
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping. Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
YOU CAN ALSO BUY
SPECIAL OFFERS AND BESTSELLERS
Pietro Bellotti Detto Canaletty. Un Vedutista Veneziano nella Francia dell'Ancien Régime
€ 6.00
(€ - 80%)
Conte e Mattarella. Sul palcoscenico e dietro le quinte del Quirinale. Un racconto sulle istituzioni
€ 19.00
(€ - 5%)
