HeLa Cells

  • It is an immortal cell line used in scientific research.
  • The line is named after and derived from cervical cancer cells taken in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African-American woman, who died of cervical cancer in 1951.
  • Recently, the World Health Organization honoured the late Henrietta Lacks whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge.
  • Reproduced infinitely ever since, HeLa cells have become a cornerstone of modern medicine.
  • In addition to the HPV vaccine, HeLa cells allowed for development of the polio vaccine, drugs for HIV/AIDS, haemophilia, leukaemia and Parkinson’s ....
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