Comments on: Unintentional, Unwitting Heroine http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/ A collection of legitimately fascinating information culled from the past, present, and anticipated future. Tue, 22 May 2012 01:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Samillionaire http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-19015 Samillionaire Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:43:57 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-19015 [quote]Alchemist said: "They can be nasty cells. A guy I worked with used to handle the HeLa cells w/o gloves on. Shortly thereafter, he ended up getting an unfortunate outbreak of warts on his hands. Coincidence?"[/quote] yes it is a coincidence... warts are caused by a virus not by cancer cells [quote]Alchemist said: “They can be nasty cells. A guy I worked with used to handle the HeLa cells w/o gloves on. Shortly thereafter, he ended up getting an unfortunate outbreak of warts on his hands. Coincidence?”[/quote]

yes it is a coincidence… warts are caused by a virus not by cancer cells

]]> By: Alchemist http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-17923 Alchemist Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:45:03 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-17923 They can be nasty cells. A guy I worked with used to handle the HeLa cells w/o gloves on. Shortly thereafter, he ended up getting an unfortunate outbreak of warts on his hands. Coincidence? They can be nasty cells. A guy I worked with used to handle the HeLa cells w/o gloves on. Shortly thereafter, he ended up getting an unfortunate outbreak of warts on his hands. Coincidence?

]]> By: Kao_Valin http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-16327 Kao_Valin Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:26:54 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-16327 <p>Wow that is Hela cool har har har. </p> Wow that is Hela cool har har har.

]]> By: WolfManDragon http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-6899 WolfManDragon Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:09:55 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-6899 <p>Hmm.. Could this have been the inspiration for Deadpool??</p><p> </p> Hmm.. Could this have been the inspiration for Deadpool??

]]> By: karilyn http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-4926 karilyn Wed, 10 May 2006 14:01:41 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-4926 <p>he la cells are like the everyday cell to be used in most research settings, they have differnet characteristics to fresh cell namely adhesion, the rate of growth ability to take up foriegn dna. they are not normal cells because the cancer changed them in many vital areas, they are one of the best approximations of how a cell will function in the body, as fresh cells only last about a month or so (if your nice to them). hela are indistrutible and so loved by researchers. </p><p>was told recently that the lack family recieved a honor from the american acedamy of sciences. but in the 1950's a lot of messing when on the idea of informed consecent was often neglected, adoption, drug trials, operations and treatments were not discussed the patient was not really considered. at least the rights of the patient are now coming to the fore</p> he la cells are like the everyday cell to be used in most research settings, they have differnet characteristics to fresh cell namely adhesion, the rate of growth ability to take up foriegn dna. they are not normal cells because the cancer changed them in many vital areas, they are one of the best approximations of how a cell will function in the body, as fresh cells only last about a month or so (if your nice to them). hela are indistrutible and so loved by researchers.

was told recently that the lack family recieved a honor from the american acedamy of sciences. but in the 1950′s a lot of messing when on the idea of informed consecent was often neglected, adoption, drug trials, operations and treatments were not discussed the patient was not really considered. at least the rights of the patient are now coming to the fore

]]> By: Glenn http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-2565 Glenn Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:26:51 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-2565 <p><span class='quote'>PeteCresswell said: "'Haystack limit' SB 'Hayflick limit'.</span></p><p><span class='quote'> Cannot offer a citation . . ."</span></p><p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayflick_limit </p> PeteCresswell said: “‘Haystack limit’ SB ‘Hayflick limit’.


Cannot offer a citation . . .”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayflick_limit

]]> By: PeteCresswell http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-1840 PeteCresswell Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:29:05 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-1840 <p>'Haystack limit' SB 'Hayflick limit'.</p><p> Cannot offer a citation, but am pretty sure it is named after somebody called 'Hayflick' who discovered it.</p> ‘Haystack limit’ SB ‘Hayflick limit’.

Cannot offer a citation, but am pretty sure it is named after somebody called ‘Hayflick’ who discovered it.

]]> By: Jono http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-1524 Jono Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:32:09 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-1524 <p>Cancer cells grow in irregular shapes and sizes. Do HeLa cells do, too, or do they look normal?</p> Cancer cells grow in irregular shapes and sizes. Do HeLa cells do, too, or do they look normal?

]]> By: Cynthia Wood http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-1518 Cynthia Wood Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:37:07 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-1518 <p>Not too common, Bucky. The HeLa cells are remarkably persistant, fast-growing, and invasive. They're close to (if not actually) the #1 contaminant in cell culture strains world-wide. Unfortunately for Henrietta Lacks they behaved the same way in her body, and she died very quickly (I believe 3 weeks, but don't have the documentation to back up my memory) after her diagnosis.</p><p>I'm glad to finally know her name, and I hope her family receives some sort of compensation for the immense service that her cells have provided to medical and biological sciences.</p> Not too common, Bucky. The HeLa cells are remarkably persistant, fast-growing, and invasive. They’re close to (if not actually) the #1 contaminant in cell culture strains world-wide. Unfortunately for Henrietta Lacks they behaved the same way in her body, and she died very quickly (I believe 3 weeks, but don’t have the documentation to back up my memory) after her diagnosis.

I’m glad to finally know her name, and I hope her family receives some sort of compensation for the immense service that her cells have provided to medical and biological sciences.

]]> By: Bucky http://www.damninteresting.com/unintentional-unwitting-heroine/#comment-1503 Bucky Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:49:07 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=364#comment-1503 <p>Crazy. I wonder how common this occurance is. Maybe it is very common, but scientists do not look for it in patients often?</p> Crazy. I wonder how common this occurance is. Maybe it is very common, but scientists do not look for it in patients often?

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