The death of a woman, Henrietta Lacks, 70 years ago breathed life into the first line of human cells, dubbed HeLa cells, cultivated in a lab. The birth of HeLa led to crucial discoveries in the field of medicine and of basic biological research, from polio vaccine to mapping the human genome. Also thanks to HeLa we now know how to "reprogramme" skin cells or blood cells, generating customised stem cells.

Alessandro Rosa, Lecturer in molecular biology, "C. Darwin" Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Rome Sapienza University - Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, he uses stem cells to explore the molecular mechanisms behind diseases of the nervous system
 

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Lecturer in molecular biology, "C. Darwin" Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Rome Sapienza University - Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, he uses stem cells to explore the molecular mechanisms behind diseases of the nervous system

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