consortium set out to create a comprehensive biological map of cells within the human body. Now progressing into a data integration phase, the HCA is working towards assembling the first draft of ...
AN ADULT HUMAN body consists of some 37trn cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types. That number, the product of painstaking decades spent peering through ...
The cell atlas aims to fill in a missing link between genes, diseases and treatment therapies. “This is just an incredibly exciting journey, in terms of our voyage through the human body and ...
Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body's estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better ...
For the first time, the notochord a tissue in the developing embryo that serves as a navigation system, telling cells where to build the spine and nervous system (the trunk) has been included in human ...
Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...