: a cell of a continuously cultured strain isolated from a human uterine cervical carcinoma in 1951 and used in biomedical research especially to culture viruses
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The Lacks family’s lawsuits have sought to recoup the profits gained by medical firms that have used HeLa cells, and to prevent them from using cells without the estate’s permission.
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Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
This also means that many of the studies that use HeLa cells also rely heavily on Lacks’ genetic data.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
But HeLa cells turned out to be immortal: While most cells die soon after being placed in a Petri dish, Lacks’s cells doubled about every 24 hours.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
While scientists delighted in HeLa’s powers, Mrs. Lacks’s family, particularly Deborah, were horrified and confused by the story of the HeLa cells.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
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Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
This also means that many of the studies that use HeLa cells also rely heavily on Lacks’ genetic data.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
But HeLa cells turned out to be immortal: While most cells die soon after being placed in a Petri dish, Lacks’s cells doubled about every 24 hours.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
While scientists delighted in HeLa’s powers, Mrs. Lacks’s family, particularly Deborah, were horrified and confused by the story of the HeLa cells.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
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hela cell
nounoften capitalized H & 1st L
: a cell of a continuously cultured strain isolated from a human uterine cervical carcinoma in 1951 and used in biomedical research especially to culture viruses
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