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.

and now we have thousands of cell lines available which are the backbone of medical research. We call them 'HeLa' (from the initial letters of Henrietta's first and last names, pronounced as Hee ...

It also claims that Ultragenyx was aware of the origins of the HeLa cell line, but never sought or received permission from the estate of Henrietta Lacks to use them. The biotech – which has a ...

This could account for some reproducibility problems in cell line research, according to the authors of a comprehensive analysis of HeLa variants. After a year teaching an algorithm to differentiate ...

They are accused of unauthorised commercialisation of the HeLa cell line, which has been used extensively in medical research and drug development for decades, without her or her family's consent.

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 ...

This video of a so-called HeLa cell dividing demonstrates how sensitive the cell division process is. While all is going well at the beginning of the video, as the clip nears its end you can see the ...