Cynthia J Verspaget

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creator of
Anarchy Cell Line
Date
Medium
cells, tissue
Tags
Body, Biology, Cells, Henrietta Lacks, HeLa cell line

A cell line derived from the artist’s cells as well as those of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks was an African-America cancer patient whose cells were cultured in the 1950s, producing a cell line (known as HeLa cells) which has been widely used in biological research labs since.

 

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  • Residency, SymbioticA (received)