IN THIS VIDEO I EXPLAIN WHAT HELA CELLS ARE, WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND HOW A WOMANS CELLS WHO DIED OVER 50 YEARS AGO ARE STILL CONTRIBUTING TO VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH, VACCINE RESEARCH AND CANCER RESEARCH TODAY. Henrietta Lacks HAD WHAT SCIENTISTS CALL IMMORTAL CELLS WHICH HAVE MADE MANY SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES POSSIBLE. WITH OUT Henrietta Lacks CELLS WE WOULD NOT HAVE A VACCINE FOR POLIO, CERVICAL CANCER AND MANY OTHER VACCINES. THE COVID-19 VACCINE RESEARCH HAS BEEN SUPRED ON BY THE USE OF HELA CELLS. HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK OF THE ARTICLE REGARDING COVID-19 AND HELA CELLS ON http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/202... When initially discovered, HeLa cells were the human cell line of choice to study the viral pathogenesis of polio. Now, they are paving the way for COVID-19 research breakthroughs. The groundbreaking study that identified the infectivity of the virus SARS-CoV-2 in humans did so using the cells that were isolated from Henrietta Lacks. Scientists b