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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
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Series
In focus volume IF10947
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2019-
Language
English
Series
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-F/NEC volume 98
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English