The American Type Culture Collection, or ATCC, is a non-profit organization that maintains a collection of biological materials for use in research and education. These materials include cell lines, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorganisms, as well as biological reagents and standards. The ATCC was founded in 1925, and today it is one of the world's largest and most widely used repositories of biological materials. Its mission is to support scientific research and discovery by providing high-quality, well-characterized biological materials to researchers around the world.
Hela cells are a type of immortalized cell line derived from
cervical cancer cells. They were first isolated in 1951 by researcher Henrietta
Lacks, and are now commonly used in scientific research. The ATCC, or American
Type Culture Collection, is a non-profit organization that maintains a
collection of biological materials for use in research and education. They
offer a variety of different Hela cell lines for purchase, including both
wild-type and mutant strains. They also
offer normal cell lines are cells that are derived from healthy tissue and are
not cancerous or genetically modified in any way. These cell lines are commonly
used as controls in experiments to compare the behavior of normal cells to
cells that have been altered in some way. They also offer Kyoto Hela cells that
are a subtype of Hela cells that have been extensively studied and are
available from the ATCC for use in research.