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The cells from Henrietta's tumor were given to researcher George Gey, who "discovered that [Henrietta's] cells did something they'd never seen before: They could be kept alive and grow."[13] Gey named the sample "HeLa", after the initial letters of Henrietta Lacks' name. As the first human cells that could be grown in a lab and were "immortal" (did not die after a few cell divisions), they could then be used for conducting many experiments. This represented an enormous boon to medical and biological research.[1] According to reporter Michael Rogers, the growth of HeLa by a researcher at the hospital helped answer the demands of the 10,000 who marched for a cure to polio just shortly before Lacks' death. By 1954, HeLa was being used by Jonas Salk to develop a vaccine for polio.[1][11] To test Salk's new vaccine, the cells were quickly put into mass production in the first-ever cell production factory.[14] Demand for the HeLa cells quickly grew. Since they were put into mass production, Henrietta's cells have been mailed to scientists around the globe for "research into cancer, AIDS, the effects of radiation and toxic substances, gene mapping, and countless other scientific pursuits".[11] HeLa cells have been used to test human sensitivity to tape, glue, cosmetics, and many other products.[1] Scientists have grown some 20 tons of her cells.[1][15] Doctors still have not discovered the reason for HeLa cells' unique vigor, but suspect that it is due to altered telomerase function. There are almost 11,000 patents involving HeLa cells.

Banjo Fella wrote: »

Here's a fun Google-based game you can play if you're bored. Works best with two people! The first person thinks of some adjective, preferably a fairly obscure one. The second person thinks of a similarly unlikely noun, ideally a tasty foodstuff.

Open up a Google tab, type in your chosen adjective followed by the noun, enclose them in quotation marks, and search! If your combination was hilariously stupid but yet you still found somebody using it seriously in a sentence, you win! Bonus points if neither of you can stop laughing. Swap roles, try again, and prosper!

I've found results for "indomitable bagel", "malevolent eggs" and "perfunctory mango", but the best I've found so far was "austere hams". Here're some examples of it in action;

Insect Overlord wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqjMhD04uA

Noel2k9 wrote: »

Right hand corner.. :P

Noel2k9 wrote: »

You lost it!