Person in visual 1 took the things in visual 2 from the person in visual 3. Something immortal (not metaphorically speaking, literally immortal) was born and there have been suggestions that this immortal being be named after the person in visual 4. Identify all.Answer: George Otto Gey took the so called HeLa cells from Henrietta Lacks, a cancer victim. These cells were the first human cells which were observed to proliferate rapidly (well past the Hayflick limit) outside the human body. This is supposedly due to the active presence of the enzyme telomerase in these cells. For reasons I don't quite understand, these cells possess a different number of chromosomes from normal human cells and so it has been suggested that they form a new immortal species and that it should be named after Stanley Gartler who has done a lot of work in this area. Mekie, Arvind, Raghu and Anshul got it. Well done.
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HeLa cells
1.George Otto Gey
2.HeLa cells
3.Henrietta Lacks
4.Stanley Gartler
I couldnt really grasp the significance of this discovery though. Simply googled 'immortal cells' to find the whole story :)
George Otto Gey, HeLa Cells, Henrietta Lacks and Helacyton gartleri after Stanley Gartler
George Otto Gey, HeLa cells, Henrietta Lacks and Stanley Michael Gartler.
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