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The cell line, called "HeLa" after the patient's first and last name, was sent to research labs around the world.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
This year, they will simultaneously serve multiple dishes during the first and last course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
He painted "California" in early 1961, shortly before he made his first and last trip to the United States for his debut exhibitions across the Atlantic, in New York and Los Angeles, it said.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
The name of the label is thought to be derived from the first and last letters of the Cameron name, with the initials of the couple's four children in between.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
We stared at one another, and in that moment, we knew each other for the first and last time.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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