Sunday, November 14, 2010

Cool Video On HeLa Cells and Cell Line Contamination

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2010/06/the_undead_henrietta_lacks_and.html

2 comments:

  1. It good to know that even pros like Dr. Hayflick have struggled with contamination, those HeLa cells spread like a wildfire.

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  2. Interesting. Now I dont feel so bad about contaminating my specimens and experiments. I can blame it on the 'inevitable' and the 'unforeseen'.

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