The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

. Do you agree with the theory that there was significant contamination of HeLa cells? What did Stanley Gartler determine ?

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I believe it was important that researchers know they were working with the correct cells. That problem was solved with DNA. Gartler determined that HeLa had contaminated numerous cell lines. 

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks