HeLa Cell Line

I was hesitant to make medical facts, here. 

This is just to make a point to guys or girls who doubt it.

Normal cells of embryonic origin die after about 50 cell cycles. 

The process of cell dying is called apoptosis.

Cancer cells have unlimited (lacks apoptosis)  cell division capacity.

This should be read with Cell Cycle events.

 

HeLa  Cell Line

HeLa is an immortalized cell line used in scientific research. 

It is the oldest human cell line and one of the most commonly used.

HeLa cells are durable and prolific, allowing for extensive applications in scientific study.

The line is derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951, from Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African American mother of five, after whom the line is named. 

Lacks died of cancer on October 4, 1951.

The cells from Lacks's cancerous cervical tumor were taken without her knowledge, which was common practice in the United States at the time.

 

Cell biologist George Otto Gey found that they could be kept alive, and developed a cell line. Previously, cells cultured from other human cells would survive for only a few days, but cells from Lacks's tumor behaved differently.