HeLa cells are an immortal human epithelial cell line derived from a cancerous tumour of the cervix ... HeLa cells have been used extensively around the world in many different fields of research ...

Prior to the new research, published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, both cancer researchers and wildlife ...

Induced gene silencing with RNAi therapy would completely stop them from producing harmful proteins – proteins that cause cancer and other serious illnesses. Here’s how it works: Doctors ...

Cancer stem cells are rare immortal cells within a tumour that can both self-renew by dividing and give rise to many cell types that constitute the tumour, and can therefore form tumours.

Immortal lines had been created from animal ... George would take any cells he could get his hands on, especially cancer cells. It’s not surprising then that a sample of Henrietta’s cells ...

In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman from Baltimore, died of cancer. However, before her death a small sample of her cells were taken from her without her knowledge, and these cells did ...

The Henrietta Lacks House and the University of Chicago Cancer Center are hosting the "Immortal Like Her" event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Imani Village, located at 901 E. 95th Street.