The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks or the story of the HeLa cells

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  • Juan Carlos Aledo Ramos Spain

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Immortal Life, Henrietta Lacks, the story of the HeLa cells

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Encounters in Biology”, tribute has been paid to scientists of immense stature such as Charles Darwin or Alexander von Humboldt. These characters arouse our admiration, not only for their important contributions to collective knowledge, but also for the “genius” aspects of their lives. However, we cannot ignore that Science is nourished by various sources, with genius being the rarest. Hard and discreet work, well-understood competitiveness, healthy collaboration, social context, and even strokes of luck, are all factors that influence the advancement of scientific knowledge. Today, as I write this, is World Cancer Day. For all these reasons, I thought it appropriate to pay a modest tribute to a woman whose name destiny wanted to inscribe in the annals of the fight against cancer, and of Biology in general.

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2010-05-20

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Aledo Ramos , J. C. (2010). The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks or the story of the HeLa cells. Encuentros En La Biología, 3(128), 20. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18516