The ambitious quest to map every cell in our body - BBC

The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise our healthcare.

So to tackle the issue, a consortium of scientists (as part of the Human Cell Atlas project) analysed around 70,000 cells from the placenta and lining of the womb from women who had terminated their … [+3087 chars]

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