In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers examined the relationship between cell size and count across the human body, establishing a quantitative framework and uncovering ...

A new analysis of more than 1,500 papers and 60 types of tissue has revealed the total number of cells in the human body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

What gets hyped, and what remains neglected, often depends on good storytelling. When the Human Genome Project began, in 1990, it had a simple story, well told. From a standing start, American ...

University of Manchester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The average body contains about 37 trillion cells – and we are in the midst of a revolutionary quest to understand what ...

The average adult male has around 36 trillion cells in their body, while average adult females have 28 trillion, researchers have found. Unexpectedly, the mass of small cells in our bodies, such as ...