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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Cover Image Audiobook Audiobook

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Skloot, Rebecca 1972- (Author). Campbell, Cassandra. (Narrator). Turpin, Bahni. (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780307712509
  • Physical Description: sound recording
    sound disc
    10 sound discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, p2010.

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General Note:
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin.

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