It is the most detailed image of a human cell to date, obtained via radiography, nuclear MRI, and cryoelectronic microscopy." As we'll explain below, that description is completely inaccurate.

Regev compared scientific knowledge of cell biology before the Human Cell Atlas initiative with a “15 th century map.” “Now, years later, the resolution of the map is a lot higher,” she said.

Finding this pattern in human cells took a colossal amount of data. ... Understanding basic features of cells like size and number, Hatton says, “could help us understand abnormalities. ...

The human body comprises roughly 37 trillion cells, with each cell type having a unique function. Sign up here. The researchers aim to have a first draft of the atlas done in the next year or two.

Balls of human brain cells linked to a computer have been used to perform a very basic form of speech recognition. The hope is that such systems will use far less energy for AI tasks than silicon ...

There are many human cell types, and the one Ideker’s team chose for this study is called the U2OS cell. It’s commonly associated with pediatric bone tumors. Indeed, the researchers identified about ...

This isn’t the first brain cell atlas, and it won’t be the last. But it is incredibly detailed. The 21-study collection reports the findings of the BRAIN Initiative’s last five-year funding ...