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LACKS, Henrietta (1920 – 1951)

LACKS, Henrietta (1920 – 1951)

1920 – 1951

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1952 CE

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Tissue culture studies of the proliferative capacity of cervical carcinoma and normal epithelium.

GEY, George Otto (1899 – 1970) COFFMAN, Ward D. KUBICEK, Mary T.
LACKS, Henrietta (1920 – 1951)
LACKS, Henrietta (1920 – 1951)

A cell biologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Gey propagated the HeLa cell line from Henrietta Lacks' cervical tumor. This cell line, which maintained a continuous growth phase, was the first immortal human cell line to…