Who won Nobel Prize for HeLa cell?

HeLa is an immortalized cell line used in scientific research. It is the oldest and most commonly used human cell line.

The line is derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951, from Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African-American mother of five, who died of cancer on October 4, 1951, and after whom they are named.

The cell line was found to be remarkably durable and prolific, which allows it to be used extensively in scientific study.

The cells from Lacks’ cancerous cervical tumor were taken without her knowledge, which was common practice in the United States at the time.

Cell biologist George Otto Gey found that they could be kept alive, and developed a cell line. Previously, cells cultured from other human cells would only survive for a few days, but cells from Lacks’ tumor behaved differently.

Who won Nobel Prize for the HeLa cell?

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Carol Greider, and Dr. Jack Szostak. Their work uses HeLa cells to reveal that at each end of a chromosome lies a telomere or “cap” that is replenished by the telomerase enzyme.