Question

HeLa cells are a cell line.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in an international level competition.

Enquiry is from Techniques topic in section Techniques in Cell Biology of Cell Biology

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) True

The explanation: If a homogenous cell culture has the ability to grow indefinitely in vitro, it is termed a cell line. Cell lines would never undergo apoptosis and senescence. HeLa is a cancerous cell line derived from humans and was the first line to be maintained.