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HeLa Cell line: Immortal legacy in biomedical research

Henrietta Lack’s memory and name lives on in the form of continually dividing immortal cell linesHeLa that continues to divide and grow today and is a key human cell line resource to understand the causes and treatment of human cancers.

A preview of the cell

From the 17th century onwards, European scientists have decoded the basic structure of all life

Beyond the cell

Both plant and animal cells have extracellular structures an in case of animal cells, the extracellular matrix consists of collagen fibres embedded in a network of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans.