As Henrietta herself lay dying, the HeLa immortal cell line was born. This cell line has been used in nearly every aspect of medical research since the polio vaccine. Millions owe their lives to it.

A suit against Novartis and Vitaris by Henrietta Lacks’ estate hinges on questions about the morality and legality of using ...

But when they make their way to the lab, most of these samples - including the HeLa cell line, one of the world's most ...

It also claims that Ultragenyx was aware of the origins of the HeLa cell line, but never sought or received permission from the estate of Henrietta Lacks to use them. The biotech – which has a ...

Immortal cell lines, such as HeLa cells, are the backbone of many experiments conducted by today's cell and molecular biologists, but most of them give little thought to the origins of the ...

and now we have thousands of cell lines available which are the backbone of medical research. We call them 'HeLa' (from the initial letters of Henrietta's first and last names, pronounced as Hee ...

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Henrietta Lacks' cells enabled huge advances in medical science, and the cell line is still being used in research institutes worldwide. But they were taken without consent. Ms Lacks' family never ...

Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of ...

The "HeLa cell line became the first human cells successfully cloned" and are used "for research that has touched nearly every realm of medicine", lawyers for the estate said in a news release ...

cells using established ES cell lines. Stem-cell research has enormous potential value in both medical and commercial terms. Stem cells are the progenitors of all specialized cells in the body.