How to Use HeLa cell in a Sentence

HeLa cell

noun
  • One night, at a dinner party, a guest asked family members if they were related to the source of the famous HeLa cells.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The suit also sought an order stopping the company from using the HeLa cells without the estate's permission.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • By early 1954 the HeLa cell factory was ready to be part of the world’s biggest experiment.
    — Ainissa Ramirez, Scientific American, 17 June 2021
  • The HeLa cell line — a name derived from the first two letters of Henrietta Lacks’ first and last names — was a scientific breakthrough.
    — Jamey Keaten, baltimoresun.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The HeLa cell line -- a name derived from the first two letters of Henrietta Lacks' first and last names -- was a scientific breakthrough.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Henrietta Lacks' family settled a lawsuit over the use of HeLa cells to advance medical research.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • According to the lawsuit, there are at least 12 products marketed by Thermo Fisher that include the HeLa cell line.
    — Rob Frehse, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
  • There are trillions more HeLa cells growing and multiplying in laboratories today than there ever were in Lacks’ body, Skloot wrote in her book.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The company also said it was being unfairly singled out, because countless other companies around the world also use HeLa cells without paying.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But the settlement, reached late Monday, opens the door for the Lacks family to succeed in other complaints seeking compensation for and control of the HeLa cells.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The research done with HeLa cells created from Lacks drives much of modern scientific research, yet none of the resulting pharmaceutical profits were passed on to her family.
    — Ashley Lutz, Fortune Well, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Her cells, known as HeLa cells, became the first immortal cancer cell line to be grown in the laboratory and have been used in scientific research to develop cancer treatments, vaccines, in-vitro fertilization techniques, and gene mapping.
    — Kimberly M. Baker, STAT, 7 June 2023
  • Any settlement could have broad implications for others in the biotech industry, as attorneys representing the Lacks family have suggested further litigation against companies that profit from HeLa cells.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
  • HeLa cells became a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of genetic mapping and even COVID-19 vaccines, but the Lacks family wasn’t compensated along the way despite that incalculable impact on science and medicine.
    — CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • HeLa cells became a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of genetic mapping and even COVID-19 vaccines, but the Lacks family wasn't compensated along the way despite that incalculable impact on science and medicine.
    — CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • HeLa cells became a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of genetic mapping and even COVID-19 vaccines, but the Lacks family wasn't compensated along the way despite that incalculable impact on science and medicine.
    — ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026

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