# cervicalcancer hela cells science art tellingstories liverpool cancer research

today would have turned 102.
She died age 31 of without consent, doctors took her cells, which have since been critical to the development of modern medicine.

This is day 2/10 of challenge to share our artwork, I was nominated by .

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2022-08-01

First up: I’ve created a pin badge to raise funds for . £1 from the sale of each pin will go straight to them. Not on sale yet, but soon.

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2020-11-04

Images of HeLa cells. Scientists have grown an estimated 50 million metric tons of HeLa cells. The HeLa cell lines are notoriously hard to contain, it is estimated that HeLa cells have contaminated 10–20% of all cell lines currently in use.

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2020-03-10

A special exhibition that tells the incredible story of through storytelling and documentation launches today https://t.co/6ogTc3tIE7

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2019-09-30