Tag: the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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Immortal Cells of the Mortal: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Many people have heard of the famous HeLa cells that helped advance medical research, from the development of the polio vaccine to research on zero gravity and cancer, but the story behind these cells is what is most fascinating to me. In general, a cell will die after a certain number of replications. Cancer cells,…