Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: on Nostr: "Her cell line, which came to be known as 'HeLa' in honour of Lacks, is the first and ...

"Her cell line, which came to be known as 'HeLa' in honour of Lacks, is the first and most commonly used immortalised cell line in medicine. Millions of people owe their lives to the tissue taken from her – the cell line it generated was used to create the first polio vaccine, cancer medicines and in vitro fertilisation. Her cells even made it into space before any living human."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201123-the-young-woman-who-saved-millions-of-lives-without-knowing

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