The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca .S

A vida imortal de Henrietta carece de Rebecca .S (grátis)

The book is about Henrietta Lacks and the immortal cell line, known as HeLa, that came from Lacks's cervical cancer cells in 1951. The book is notable for its science writing and dealing with ethical issues of race and class in medical research. Skloot said that some of the information was taken from the journal of Deborah Lacks, Henrietta Lacks's daughter, as well as from "archival photos and documents, scientific and historical research." It is Skloot's first book.[1] Approximately 1,250,000 copies (all media) have been sold, totaling approx. $32,500,000(USD)