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Cells > Epithelial Cells > HeLa Cells
Cells > Cells, Cultured > Cell Line > Cell Line, Tumor > HeLa Cells
Cells > Cells, Cultured > Tumor Cells, Cultured > Cell Line, Tumor > HeLa Cells

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HeLa Cells  

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Note

  • almost always NIM with no subheadings; check HUMAN; do not routinely add UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS

Scope note

  • The first continuously cultured human malignant CELL LINE, derived from the cervical carcinoma of Henrietta Lacks. These cells are used for, among other things, VIRUS CULTIVATION and PRECLINICAL DRUG EVALUATION assays.

History note

  • 2011 (1965)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006367

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