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Sure. I'm just saying that there's nothing unearthly or, uh, "satanic" about a self-perpetuating cell line that doesn't turn into a whole multicellular organism
by djur 4y ago
Sure. I'm just saying that there's nothing unearthly or, uh, "satanic" about a self-perpetuating cell line that doesn't turn into a whole multicellular organism. Sometimes it seems like the main thing people took away from the HeLa story was "aaaaah, spooky immortal cells!"
- whatshisface 4y agoAlthough it was hardly the only bad thing about the story, that someone's cancer outlived them by a century is is horrifying.
- roywiggins 4y agoIt's happened in the wild a couple times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_transmissible_venereal_tumor?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_transmissible_venereal_...