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When and where did the HeLa cell line originate?

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The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks and developed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1951.

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The HeLa cell line originated from the cervical cancer cells of a woman named Henrietta Lacks in 1951. The cells were taken without her knowledge or consent during a biopsy procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The name "HeLa" is derived from the first two letters of Henrietta Lacks' first and last name. The cells were the first human cells to be grown in culture and have since been widely used in scientific research.

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