HeLa cells are not the only immortal cell line from human cells, but they were the first. Today new immortal cell lines can either be discovered by chance, as Lacks’s were, or produced through ...

Unlike the HeLa cell line named after her, Henrietta Lacks was little heard of until the 2010 publication of Rebecca Skloot’s book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Born in 1920 in Virginia, ...

(Credit: Heiti Paves/Shutterstock) HeLa cervical cancer cells, stained blue, are visible under a microscope. The HeLa cell line was initially taken from Henrietta Lacks at the Johns Hopkins Medical ...

The tissue sample that became the HeLa cell line was cut from Lacks' cervix at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore without her knowledge during surgery to treat her cervical cancer. Lacks died of ...

The HeLa cells were cut from Lacks' cervix without her knowledge during a cancer-treatment procedure at a Baltimore hospital in 1951. The cell line was the first to survive and reproduce ...

But lawyers for her family argued that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts, continued to commercialize the results well after the origins of the HeLa cell line became well known.

Any and everybody in space has someone, or maybe you, have used, bought, or benefited from the HeLa cell," explains Lacks' granddaughter Kim Lacks. In 2021, Lacks' surviving family and ...

HeLa cells were discovered to have unique properties. While most cell samples died shortly after being removed from the body, her cells survived and thrived in laboratories. This exceptional ...

Since Lacks’ death, her cells — the “immortal” HeLa cell line that never stopped replicating — have been responsible for several medical breakthroughs, such as the polio vaccine ...

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 ...

Finally, the ring becomes small enough that it pinches off the plasma membrane and seals it, separating the parent cell into its two daughter cells. A HeLa cell can range from 20 micrometers to 40 ...

The family’s lawsuit against Thermo Fisher said the company had “made staggering profits by using the HeLa cell line — all while Ms. Lacks’ Estate and family haven’t seen a dime.” ...