Am 2. Februar 2010 von Random House Audio veröffentlicht.
ISBN:
978-0-307-71251-6
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Audible ASIN:
B0035FVJQQ
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.
This New York Times bestseller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers filled with HeLa cells, from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia, to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith …
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.
This New York Times bestseller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers filled with HeLa cells, from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia, to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we’re made of.
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Review of 'The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks' on 'Goodreads'
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very, very well written. the transition between science and personal life of not only henrietta but her family members as well was very smooth. the only thing was i kinda got whiplash from the afterword because it went straight into super technical stuff. i guess it is only an afterword though. very good book, and i recommend it to everybody, but especially people who are involved in molecular biology.
This is a really great book to listen to. It was narrated well.
The content was great - a very neat combination of personal stories and the very important history of medical science in the US and the racism of it. I highly recommend this book!
Themen
Cancer
Cell culture
Research
Patients
Health
HeLa cells
African American women
Medical ethics
Human experimentation in medicine
Biography
History
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
African American women -- History
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
Cancer -- Research
Health and hygiene
Tissue Donors
Patienter
Forskning
Cancerpatienter
Zellkultur
History, 20th Century
Historia
Medicinska experiment på människor
Ethics
Cellodling
African Americans
Afro-amerikanskor
Medicinsk teknik
Cells
Medicinhistoria
Prejudice
Hälsa
HeLa-Zelle
Human Experimentation
Confidentiality
Etik
MEDICAL / Ethics
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Medizinische Ethik
Cytologie
Afro-amerikanska kvinnor
medicine
science
cervical cancer
radiation
effects of radiation
polio
vaccination
Biography & Autobiography
Nonfiction
Sociology
New York Times bestseller
nyt:combined_print_nonfiction=2012-03-03
Hela Cells
MEDICAL
HeLa Cells
University of South Alabama
Reading Level-Grade 11
Reading Level-Grade 12
Cancer, patients, biography
African american women
Cancer, research
Human experimentation in medicine, history
African americans, biography
Large type books
New York Times reviewed
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Medical (incl. Patients)
Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
General
HEALTH & FITNESS
Diseases
44.01 history of medicine
44.02 philosophy and ethics of medicine
Hela cells
Bioethics
Blacks
Human genetics
Neoplasms
Translational Medical Research
Informed Consent
Research Ethics
Medical Ethics
Cell Line
SOCIAL SCIENCE
HeLa-cellen
Bio-ethiek
Zwarten
Antropogenetica
Lacks, henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- health
Cancer -- patients -- virginia -- biography
African american women -- history
Human experimentation in medicine -- united states -- history
