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Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Slacks--a women whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.

     

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      Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Slacks--a women whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.

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      • Media: Hardcover Book, 369 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) (Feb. 28th, 2010)
      • ISBN-10: 1400052173
      • ISBN-13: 9781400052172
      • Dimensions: 6.44 x 9.46 x 1.45 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.37 lbs
      • Categories: Medical History History Science

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