Rebecca Skloot - Böcker

En av de mest utsökta och rörande faktaböcker jag läst. New York Times I januari 1951 diagnosticerades Henrietta Lacks med cancer. Nio månader senare avled hon. Men de cellprov som hennes läkare tog lever fortfarande. De har gett upphov till tre N...

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With an introduction by author of The Tidal Zone, Sarah Moss Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry an...

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman's cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.'No dead woman has done more for the living...

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO
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The Best American Series The next edition in a series praised as "undeniably exquisite" (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field...

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This anthology of essays and articles explores topics ranging from untouched wilderness to scientific ethicsand the nature of curiosity itself. Scientists and writers are both driven by a dogged curiosity, immersing themselves in detailed observat...

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Acclaimed author Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on Afric...

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With an introduction by author of The Tidal Zone, Sarah Moss Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry an...

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Henrietta Lacks a poor Southern tobacco farmer was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells -- taken without her knowledge grown in culture and bought and sold by the billions -- became one of the most important tools in medical ...

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"En fascinerande bok", betyg 4 - Yukiko Duke i Gomorron Sverige "Djupt förbryllad har jag läst en intressant bok, som ställer frågor om min egen dödlighet." - PO Enqvist i Expressen "En av de märkvärdigaste böcker jag läst... en enastående histori...

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