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- Chester_M._Southam comment "Chester M. Southam (1919–2002), a virologist, wanted to be sure that the cancer in the HeLa cells, which he and other doctors were using for tests, were not contagious. At this time in history,1954, cancer was still a mystery. He assumed there was a valid risk of causing cancer, and as a cancer researcher, he wanted to know for sure.In 1954, he conducted his first experiment by injecting a leukemia patient with HeLa cells to see if they would cause tumors to grow.".