Cell lines at the time were named with the first two letters of the patient’s first and last names. Henrietta Lacks was shortened to HeLa — the world’s first immortal human cell line.

Henrietta Lacks, a poor African American tobacco farmer ... scientists have learnt ways to 'make' normal cells immortal, but HeLa remain unique in many ways. Dr Gey never made profit from these ...

These are known as HeLa cells because they were originally isolated from a woman named Henrietta Lacks. She went to Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 1951 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She ...

Regarded from the perspective of expanding the knowledge base, there can be little doubt that the discovery and exploitation ...

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 ...

Research using the cells led to Nobel Prize-winning ... author of the 2010 bestseller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks’ story was also the subject of an HBO movie starring Oprah ...

Carter is the grandson of Henrietta Lacks. She is a Black woman whose cells changed the medical ... of Chicago Cancer Center are hosting the "Immortal Like Her" event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday ...

In early 1951, a woman named Henrietta Lacks visited the “colored ward ... As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been used in nearly every ...

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“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot tells the story of story of a poor black tobacco farmer who unknowingly became one of the most important figures in modern medical research.

Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of ...