HeLa cells, like other cell lines, are termed "immortal“
many strains of HeLa cells as they continue to mutate in cell cultures
There are many strains of HeLa cells as they continue to mutate in cell cultures
The total number of HeLa cells that have been propagated in cell culture far exceeds the total number of cells that were in Henrietta Lacks' body
HeLa cells were used by Jonas Salk to test the first polio vaccine in the 1950s.
They were observed to be easily infected by poliomyelitis, causing infected cells to die.
HeLa cells have been used in testing how parvo virus infects cells of humans, HeLa, dogs, and cats.
These cells have also been used to study viruses such as the oropouche virus (OROV).
OROV causes the disruption of cells in culture, where cells begin to degenerate shortly after they are infected, causing viral induction of apoptosis.
Virus should inhibit apoptosis, in order to prolong the life of the cell and thereby maximize the number of progeny virions.
The host, on the other hand, should stimulate apoptosis thereby inhibiting viral growth and blocking viral spread.
For example, the function of the latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) of the Epstein Barr virus and the bcl-2 homologue gene A179L of African swine fever virus is to inhibit apoptosis.
However, in other cases it is the virus that stimulates cell death
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