George Otto Gey
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 54 years ago |
Date of birth | July 6,1899 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 8,1970 |
Died | Baltimore |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Field | Cell biology |
Known for | HeLa |
Propagating the HeLa cell line | |
Job | Biologist |
Education | Johns Hopkins University |
University of Pittsburgh | |
Spous | Margaret Gey |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1356718 |
George Otto Gey Life story
George Otto Gey was the cell biologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital who is credited with propagating the HeLa cell line from Henrietta Lacks' cervical tumor. He spent over 35 years developing numerous scientific breakthroughs under the Johns Hopkins Medical School and Hospital.