Authors of a new paper take issue with revisions to regulations on biospecimen research enacted last month, and argue that cell lines should be treated differently from other biospecimens.

Cryo-electron tomography reveals how Salmonella sets up physical interactions with host cells.

A painting of the woman who was the source of HeLa cells will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery beginning May 15.

An analysis of contaminated literature finds that tens of thousands of papers used cell lines of questionable origins—and these were in turn cited by hundreds of thousands of other papers.

Family members of Lacks, the donor behind the widely used HeLa cell line, are planning to sue Johns Hopkins University.

She will also be an executive producer on the HBO Films project, which is based on a 2010 book about the life of Henrietta Lacks.

Despite known problems with contamination and mislabeled cell lines, most researchers continue to operate without authenticating cells’ identity.

More than 50 years after cross-contamination of cultured cell lines was recognized, the problem continues to plague the scientific community.

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