... to the famous HeLa immortal tissue line. Henrietta Lacks was an African... a so- called "immortal" cell line because of... do what they do, which is ...
2 Answers · Science & Mathematics · 18/11/2013
Today Hela cells are the most widely cells used in... from an African lady called Henrietta Lacks in 1951 and sent round the world without...
2 Answers · Health · 13/03/2012
...general history of HeLa cells , or discuss how...thing and discuss Henrietta 's life...should read a book called "The... Henrietta Lacks ". It...
2 Answers · Arts & Humanities · 19/03/2012
... is also the story of HeLa cells having a dubious past as well. HeLa cells were involved in what was dubbed the “ HeLa Bomb”, where HeLa cells ...
2 Answers · Science & Mathematics · 08/03/2012
.... The classic case is the cancer cell line of Ms. Henrietta Lacks - so called HeLa cells . This cell line was saved (without family permission) after her death and is an immortal...
4 Answers · Health · 11/01/2010
HeLa derives its name from Henrietta Lacks , a Baltimore woman who died in1951 of cervical cancer, which are the cells HeLa comes from. As such, HeLa is an all female species...
8 Answers · Society & Culture · 13/04/2009
... Cell Line? The HeLa cell line is a widely used group of cells ...research. They come from a lady called Henrietta Lacks . Lacks died 60 ...
10 Answers · Society & Culture · 12/10/2012
...cancerous cells . What makes these cancer cell immortal is that in suitable ... cells have an enzyme, called telomerase, that ...cancer. In the HeLa line, the telomeres...
2 Answers · Science & Mathematics · 20/08/2011
...of identical cells . The... was ...from someone called Henrietta Lacks . We... guess what you mean is ...that the HeLa cells ...
10 Answers · Society & Culture · 01/05/2007
These are hard decisions that the subjects involved have to make. Unless one is subject to this reality one has a hard time judging and probably shouldnt be the one to make such a decision.
7 Answers · Society & Culture · 30/07/2011