For example, tumor suppression may have been turned off while cell growth rate was increased. Most importantly, one of these changes affected the mechanics of HeLa cell division. The key to HeLa ...

But most cells die or make limited copies of themselves after they’re removed from the body by a doctor or a scientist. HeLa cells were the first human cells that researchers could grow and ...

This book provides an account of how a tumor turned into a valuable research tool. But, more importantly, it is also about the ethics of medical research. Thus, as she humanizes the HeLa cell line ...

It was known that TNF and IFN-γ act synergistically to produce a cytotoxic action in some tumor cell lines, including HeLa cells. We showed that this synergistic action is due, at least in part ...

It further asserts that Ultragenyx has "made a fortune by using Mrs Lacks's stolen cells as a factory to make its 'proprietary' gene therapy products." The case centres around the use of HeLa ...

Slivers of her tumor and of healthy cervix cells were ... As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been used in nearly every aspect of medical ...