At the age of 31, a biopsy revealed the presence of a fast - growing cervical tumor. (unlockinglifescode.org)
Mathew Garnett, a cancer biologist at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge, UK, says that HeLa cells could prove useful for studying aspects of the biology of cervical tumors, such as their response to cancer drugs. (scientificamerican.com)
The genome of the cell line, which originated from a deadly cervical tumor taken from a patient named Henrietta Lacks, is riddled with errors, raising questions about its continued use in research (scientificamerican.com)