Then something amazing happened: the cancerous cells grew and continued to grow outside of her body. As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been ...

Earle, along with colleagues Katherine Sanford and G.D. Likely, reported in 1948 that they had established "clone cultures" from single cells. Several years later, Earle received immortal "HeLa" cells ...

those cells kept growing and dividing, becoming the world’s first immortal cell line, known as “HeLa.” They’re still growing today in laboratories around the world—including UAB—and nearly every ...

Since the discovery of HeLa cells, scientists have learnt ways to 'make' normal cells immortal, but HeLa remain unique in many ways. Dr Gey never made profit from these cells, but supplied the ...

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 ...

Long projections (filopodia) extend out from both cells and are used to explore the cell's immediate environment. HeLa cells are an immortal human epithelial cell line derived from a cancerous tumour ...

Regarded from the perspective of expanding the knowledge base, there can be little doubt that the discovery and exploitation ...

Then something amazing happened: the cancerous cells grew and continued to grow outside of her body. As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been ...

2 It is likely that agents that inhibit the function of the telomerase enzyme will cause progressive shortening of the telomeres, which eventually will lead to cell death. It is also probable that ...

Essentially, when faced with stress, injury or old age, the immortal jellyfish can transform all of its existing cells into a younger state. This process, known as transdifferentiation ...