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This reminds me of this culture of cancer cells from a woman who died from cancer in the 50s. The cancer is still alive in laboratories today and there were eve
by more_original 10y ago
This reminds me of this culture of cancer cells from a woman who died from cancer in the 50s. The cancer is still alive in laboratories today and there were even proposals to classify it as a new species:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa
- saiya-jin 10y agoex-gf was working with "her" cells some 6-8 years ago while researching some rare type of anemia, back in Prague. Didn't know it's actually used worldwide. one way to become immortal in some sense :)
- masklinn 10y agoThat is the name of Rebecca Skloot's excellent book on the subject: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immortal_Life_of_Henrietta_Lacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immortal_Life_of_Henrietta...)