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Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [2] was an African-American woman [5] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [B] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific ...
The origins of some immortal cell lines – for example, HeLa human cells – are from naturally occurring cancers. HeLa, the first immortal human cell line on record to be successfully isolated and proliferated by a laboratory, was taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]
HeLa cells have been used in testing how parvovirus infects cells of humans, dogs, and cats. [32] These cells have also been used to study viruses such as the oropouche virus (OROV). OROV causes disruption of cells in culture; the cells start to degenerate shortly after they are infected, causing viral induction of apoptosis. [33]
Advocates, congressional leaders and the family of Henrietta Lacks say she deserves to be honored for her unknowing contribution to medicine that has played a vital role in the polio vaccine ...
On Tuesday, Henrietta Lacks’ family settled their lawsuit with biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific, which reportedly profited from the use of Lacks’ cells in biomedical research ...
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a ...
[11] [12] On Bookmarks May/June 2010 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.5 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Hailed by the New York Times as "the book Ms. Skloot was born to write," The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks "is an important book, one that will linger ...
The first and still most widely used immortal cell line is HeLa, developed from cells taken from the malignant cervical tumor of Henrietta Lacks without her consent in 1951. Prior to the 1961 work of Leonard Hayflick , there was the erroneous belief fostered by Alexis Carrel that all normal somatic cells are immortal.