Yeah, I found that tidbit amazing to learn about too. Crazy to think that a cancer cell line is still circulating in the wild like that after thousands of years. It reminds me of Henrietta Lacks...
Yeah, I found that tidbit amazing to learn about too. Crazy to think that a cancer cell line is still circulating in the wild like that after thousands of years. It reminds me of Henrietta Lacks immortalized cell line, which is still widely used for medical research.
I'm by no means undercutting the contribution of Henrietta Lack's unknowing donation, but do want to clarify that today HeLa cells certainly aren't the only immortalized cell line, cells that have...
I'm by no means undercutting the contribution of Henrietta Lack's unknowing donation, but do want to clarify that today HeLa cells certainly aren't the only immortalized cell line, cells that have undergone changes that allow them grow indefinitely under the right conditions.
I'm guessing the original fact, straight from Johns Hopkins itself, was that HeLa cells were the first and for a long time only human immortalized cell line available.
Yeah, I found that tidbit amazing to learn about too. Crazy to think that a cancer cell line is still circulating in the wild like that after thousands of years. It reminds me of Henrietta Lacks immortalized cell line, which is still widely used for medical research.
I'm by no means undercutting the contribution of Henrietta Lack's unknowing donation, but do want to clarify that today HeLa cells certainly aren't the only immortalized cell line, cells that have undergone changes that allow them grow indefinitely under the right conditions.
I'm guessing the original fact, straight from Johns Hopkins itself, was that HeLa cells were the first and for a long time only human immortalized cell line available.