(HeLa refers to this, JLo to this) HeLa: Cancer. JLo: Not cancer. Advantage: JLo. HeLa: Supreme longevity. JLo: Not so supreme longevity. Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: Interesting model system. JLo: Interesting model. Advantage: JLo. HeLa: Adherent. JLo: “Clingy” Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: No flim credits to date. JLo: Co-starred in underrated movie with George Clooney. Advantage: JLo. HeLa: $349/vial. JLo: $15 million/film. Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: Doesn’t sing. JLo: Sings (sort of). Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: From Henrietta Lacks (not known by her family until much later). JLo: From the block (still knows where she came from). Advantage: JLo. HeLa: Name sounds kinda like…
in which, with respect to our name, we are as confused as you are
By timonian
Timon Buys is currently a graduate student at the BC Cancer Research Centre. His PhD work has thus far involved attempts to identify genomic signatures of drug resistance in lung tumours. A product of Vancouver Island, he cannot understand why his wife hates Birkenstocks so much. Timon highly recommends that readers visit www.bedroomstudio.cc, a place with tunes that the kids will enjoy. Ian Wilson enjoys climbing and “the group thing”. Ask him about his DNA tattoo.