The amazing HeLa cells of Henrietta Lacks

One of the most widely used continuous cell lines for virology is the HeLa cell line, which was derived in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks. What is the origin of this amazing cell line? In early 1951, Ms. Lacks, a 31-year old mother of five children, was found to have a malignant tumor of the cervix. …

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