http://www.disenchanted.com/dis/lookup.html?node=1860

This is news to me!

Very interesting, thanks Rhymer.

Amazing and impressive!

It's also ironic that the woman from whom the immortal cells originated still died.

Also, if it's considered that the cells evolved from her, does that make her their mother?

cancer cells are said to be "immortal" since they can undergo an unlimited number of cell divisions, whereas non-cancerous cells typically undergo 50 divisions before dying. This has been known for some time. Also, the vast majority of your neurons stopped dividing a few days after birth, so each of your neurons is as old as you are, and which means that individual neurons can live over a century.

Interesting point!

Further reading here....
http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/agingcancer.html

Some sort of nano-robotic replication like thing? Hm?
Very similar you know.