Scientists are mapping out the 37 trillion cells of the human body and changing what we thought we knew
An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report.
In a flurry of announcements, the formation of the human skeleton and the early immune system have also been mapped out in detail. “ it looks more like a Google map, you have a high resolution view and then on top of that you have the Street View that explains what’s going on, and then on top of that you can see the dynamic changes during the day when less cars are flowing or more cars are flowing,” said Dr Aviv Regev, one of the founders who now works at now at Genentech.
Researchers looked at the types of cells, where they were located and how they chatted to the other cells around them. There are more than 3,600 scientists across 100 countries collaborating on the Human Cell Atlas, which is one of the most ambitious projects in biology and has been described as the heir to the Human Genome Project to sequence the human genetic code.
“Ultimately, using this atlas could help us better understand the conditions of both the young and ageing skeleton,” said Dr Ken To, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
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