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Serum Institute launches country’s first HPV vaccine against cervical cancer: Adar Poonawalla
NEW DELHI : On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, the Serum Institute of India on Tuesday launched…
India launches its first cervical cancer vaccine, Serum likely to keep cost ₹200-400
NEW DELHI : The Central government launched India first vaccine against cervical cancer--Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV), has been…
What Are HeLa Cells? A Cancer Biologist Explains The Controversy That Cannot Die
In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish in the 20th century.
As a cancer researcher who uses HeLa cells in my everyday work, even I sometimes find it hard to believe.Lacks' cervical cancer cells, called "HeLa" after the first two letters of her first and last name, are immortal, continuing to divide when most cells would die. This ability to survive through…