Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica (Jun 2023)

Recent progress in apoptosis triggering facilitated by HeLa Studies

  • Constantin Maria Teodora,
  • Beleaua Marius Alexandru

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2023-0022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 69, no. 2
pp. 98 – 103

Abstract

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Objective: Cancer is a leading cause of death globally, prompting numerous efforts to find effective treatments. HeLa cells, derived from Henrietta Lacks’ cancerous squamous cells, have played a crucial role in cancer research due to their origin, resistance, and rapid growth. They are particularly useful for studying ways of cellular death triggering, or apoptosis, without an immune response. Thus, the objective of this paper was to review the latest publications on the subject of HeLa apoptosis so that a brief view to be available on the otherwise so extended subject.

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