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In place of a dead mother, a part of her
came back.
Before her death, a cell was extracted from her body.
"Your mother's cell has multiplied to the length that can go around the Earth three times.
The dead mother The undead part of her
The undead part of her saved many lives.
Everyday, the cell produces trillions of cells.
After dividing 50 to 100 times a natural death comes.
However
Unlike normal cells, it grows indefinitely.
A bad, abnormal cell which refuses to give way
to young, healthy cells
The decisive reason why this is a bad cell is
Immortality
A life that does not die
In America, 1951
the bad cell was taken out from a person's body.
Incubated in a lab and outside of a human body,
it grows and multiplies indefinitely.
It was immortal.
The immortality stimulated the field of medicine.
Development of polio vaccine
Attempt to cure Parkinson's and AIDS Development of an anticancer drug
A gift from the immortal cell, life extension of mankind
The immortal cell The HeLa cell
The HeLa cell belonged to Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
A wife and a mother of five children
After being diagnosed with the last stage of cervical cancer,
she died after 8 months at the age of 31.
The immortal cell killed her.
The cancer cell killed her.
Her family received a phone call 20 years after she died.
"Your mother is still alive."