George Otto Gey

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American cell biologist (1899-1970)

United States ScientistsLived 1899 to 1970 · aged 71

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George Otto Gey was an American 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.

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Scanning electron micrograph of cultured HeLa cells infected with adenovirus, taken in 1976. These cells were originally from Henrietta Lacks and were first grown in the laboratory of Dr Gey in 1951. A light micrograph (x130) of the same cells (inset) reveals rounded double cells in the center, in the process of dividing.

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