The case centres around the use of HeLa cells, which were derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Lacks more than 70 years ago and became the first cells able to be grown continuously in the ...

Immortal cell lines, such as HeLa cells ... that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer. But there has also been a dark side to the use of HeLa cells. One scientist, Chester Southam ...

Cell type: HeLa cells, the cervical tumor cells of Henrietta Lacks Genome size: ~3.2 billion base pairs HeLa cells, the first cells ever to be grown immortally in culture, have supported some of the ...