There's a fantastic episode of Radio Lab which includes a story about the HeLa cell and discusses the fact that it's air-infectious, in case anyone wants to kno

There's a fantastic episode of Radio Lab which includes a story about the HeLa cell and discusses the fact that it's air-infectious, in case anyone wants to know more: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91713-famous-tumors/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/91713-famous-tumors/