Guys, help. I keep reading that the 293 in HEK-293 means that Frank Graham used 293 aborted fetuses to create his adenovirus vector cell line. I keep finding this statement everywhere with no hard source: "The
results were published in 1977 by Graham et al. and the cell line was named HEK-293 due to
Graham’s habit of numbering his laboratory procedures: the original cell clone simply was
the product of his 293rd experiment. Later, cloning and sequencing analyses of the transformation product revealed an incorporation of approximately 4.5 kilobases from the viral
genome into the human chromosome 19 [150]. " What does it mean in this context ? Did Frank Graham really use 293 fetuses?
results were published in 1977 by Graham et al. and the cell line was named HEK-293 due to
Graham’s habit of numbering his laboratory procedures: the original cell clone simply was
the product of his 293rd experiment. Later, cloning and sequencing analyses of the transformation product revealed an incorporation of approximately 4.5 kilobases from the viral
genome into the human chromosome 19 [150]. " What does it mean in this context ? Did Frank Graham really use 293 fetuses?
