“Nelson-Rees had since been hired by the National Cancer Institute to help stop the contamination problem. He would become known as a vigilante who published “HeLa Hit Lists” in Science, listing any contaminated lines he found, along with the names of researchers who’d given him the cells. He didn’t warn researchers when he found that their cells had been contaminated with HeLa; he just published their names, the equivalent of having a scarlet H pasted on your lab door.” Medical ResearchHelaHenrietta LacksCulture ContaminationHela Hit ListNelson Rees Book:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Source: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks