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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The fractured genome of HeLa cells. | Aug 22, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National|No One Saw It Coming - The Untold History of Henrietta Lacks and Her Miracle Cells. | Jan 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Lessons from HeLa Cells: The Ethics and Policy of Biospecimens. | Nov 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CellPress - Heliyon - Prize for the HeLa cell story (PDF). | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Genome Biology - The fractured genome of HeLa cells. | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CellPress - Heliyon - HeLa cell segmentation using digital image processing. | Sep 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Henrietta Lacks and HeLa Cells: Impact on biological research and informed consent. | Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Beyond HeLa cells. | May 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What Are HeLa Cells? | Apr 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Florida State University - Molecular Expressions - Human Cervical Adenocarcinoma Cells (HeLa Line). | Jan 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Genetic transformation of HeLa cells by Agrobacterium. | Oct 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Genetic transformation of HeLa cells by Agrobacterium. | Oct 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Institute of Health - Office of Science Policy - HeLa Cells. | May 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What Are HeLa Cells? | Feb 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Embryo Project Encyclopedia - HeLa Cell Line. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The fractured genome of HeLa cells. | Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Information on HeLa cells as a common source of contamination in other cell lines added. Also updated to mention the phenomenon of chromothripsis. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Changed "uterine cervical carcinoma" to "cervical carcinoma" and added the name of the patient, Henrietta Lacks, as the source of the designation HeLa. | May 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - HeLa Cell. | Feb 09, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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