Talk:Henrietta Lacks
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Note to self (or anyone else having the time to incorporate it): the cell line is regarded as a new species, called Helacyton Gartleri. [1] [2] arj 15:51, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
- If anyone does add this, be careful with the uppercase: it seems to be Helacyton gartleri, or at least that s what google has, and what s on the HeLa cell article. PaulDehaye 10:13, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- That's standard binomial name form: Genus species. --FOo 07:24, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Change devolution to evolution. There is no such thing as devolution. See: devolution
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[edit] Helacyton gartleri
Helacyton gartleri is thought of by some an example of the creation of a new species. The cells were transformed by infection with HPV and are replicating without the hayflick limit of most eucaryotic animal cells. They have a different chromosome number from human cells, and are genetically stable, but still evolving. The same could be said for other immortal cell lines that are chromosomally stable, and no longer have the same number of chromosomes of humans. Another example may be the infectious cancer cells found in Tasmanian devil that can be transmitted through bites. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 21:41, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moved as POV
There is controversy, however, concerning the use of her cells without her permission, particularly since she was an African-American woman, a historically disempowered group in the United States (especially during the 1950s).
[edit] GA Promotion, March 4 2007
I'm passing the GA nomination for this article because it meets all of the good article criteria (not to mention being extremely interesting!). I wish I had comments as to how to improve this article, but other than expansion I can't really think of anything, and that in itself may be difficult as when she was alive nobody appeared to know about her (well at least not enough to bother writing a biography). Anyway, good work :) Veesicle (Talk) (Contribs) 02:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Date of Birth?
The article says "August 18, 1920". The box below the picture says "October 20, 1911". --Robert Stevens 16:13, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Date of death?
Along the same lines of the previous post, has anyone else noticed that the approximate date of the picture is 1945-50, but her date of death is 1940? I'd fix it, but not sure what exactly to fix it to....Banpei 00:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
