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HeLa cells has been used to use any viruses, but in the future they can use HeLa cells to cure more than viruses, curing more cancers and diseases. HeLa cells can also be dangerous causing an outbreak of more cancers if not handled correctly, endangering humans.

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-It is one of the major treatments for human cancer
-Can mutate after being cloned
-Grows easy and rapidly; better to study on then regular cells

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-HeLa cells are cancerous
-A normal cell contains 46 chromosomes whereas HeLa cells contain 76 to 80
-They grow unusually fast

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In August 19, 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia, Loretta Pleasant was born. Loretta ended up changing her name Henrietta Lacks.

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Henrietta's mother died causing her father to split up her ten siblings among a couple of close relatives, Henrietta going with her grandpa in a log cabin. Henrietta shared a room with David Lacks, whom was her first cousin.

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Henrietta had a child with her first cousin at the age of 14. Her first child was named Lawrence.

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Henrietta and David had there second child named Elsie, later they found out she was mentally disabled, putting her in a hospital for the Negro Insane.

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Henrietta and David got married and had three other children: David Jr., Deborah, and Joseph.

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January 29, Henrietta went to Johns Hopkins Hospital and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She then died later that year, October 24.

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During the same year,  Dr. George Gey noticed that unlike other cells, Lacks cells were much more sustainable and durable. He named her cells after Henrietta, using her first two initials of her first and last name, HeLa cells. He created the first immortal human cell line using the Henrietta's cells from her cervix.

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Jonas Salk used the HeLa cells to develop a polio vaccine.

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Dr. George Gey and his wife who was a specialized nurse, studied regular human cells to try and make the cells in vitro. A vitro is a reproductive technology that reproduces human gamete cells. When they experimented on the HeLa cell, they realized it reproduces on its own and also rapidly.

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Scientists used HeLa cells to study salmonella inside of humans

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German scientists used HeLa cells to prove HPV caused cancer

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Scientists infected HeLa cells with HPV

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Dr. George Gey and his wife who was specialized as a nurse, Jonas Salk are the main contributes to the HeLa cell study

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