[HeLa Cancer Cell]
Creation: 1956
Dr. Ernest Goodpasture was chair of pathology at Vanderbilt University from 1924-1955 and remains known for his work developing vaccines by culturing them in fertile chicken eggs. Goodpasture used so-called immortal HeLa cells as many pathologists did after they became available in 1951.The line was derived from cervical cancer cells (circled in red) taken on February 8, 1951, from cancer patient Henrietta Lacks.
Title
[HeLa Cancer Cell]
Date
Creation: 1956
Subject
Description
Dr. Ernest Goodpasture was chair of pathology at Vanderbilt University from 1924-1955 and remains known for his work developing vaccines by culturing them in fertile chicken eggs. Goodpasture used so-called immortal HeLa cells as many pathologists did after they became available in 1951.The line was derived from cervical cancer cells (circled in red) taken on February 8, 1951, from cancer patient Henrietta Lacks.
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Source
MSS0029, Ernest Goodpasture Papers, Series 13, Box 19b, Folder 1, Image 42
Files
Collection
Citation
“[HeLa Cancer Cell],” Gallery, accessed June 2, 2023, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/777.