What are Immortal HeLa Cells?

On Henrietta Lacks

[By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA]

I am from Baltimore, Maryland and grew up playing stick ball in the parking lot of Johns Hopkins Hospital. I met more than a few medical luminaries and so I also know this legendary story. It is now passed on for your amazement!

What they are – How they work?

‘Immortal’ Cells

Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/#izWCg1l54JutILcy.99

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa

More: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/henrietta-lacks-portrait-acquired-by-smithsonian-museums/ar-AAx5hQF

Conclusion

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