As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been used in nearly every aspect of medical research since the polio vaccine. Millions owe their lives to it.

As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been used in nearly every aspect of medical research since the polio vaccine. Millions owe their lives to it.

These cells survived and multiplied in culture, growing robustly. They continued to do so for weeks and months, becoming the first human cell line to survive ... normal cells immortal, but HeLa ...

Immortal cell lines, such as HeLa cells, are the backbone of many experiments conducted by today's cell and molecular biologists, but most of them give little thought to the origins of the ...

Even if they did render them “immortal.” After rigorous testing, the cell lines showed no signs of cancer-like ...