jan 9, 1951 - George Gey uses cells from Henrietta's cervix to create the first immortal human cell line / It is named HeLa --Henrietta's cells have started a major journey of scientific discovery. Henrietta dies of an unusually aggressive strain of cervical cancer --Henrietta is gone, but her cells remain.
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jan 9, 1951
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