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Hela Cells (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by allo@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@sh.itjust.works

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Cells taken from a tumor in 1951 that infinitely divide because of a telomerase mutation and continue proliferating to this day.

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This article is more about medical consent than the cell culture.

[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

ya.

doesn't stop the cell culture from being interesting tho and article still has some tasty tidbits