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Scientists take huge step forward in mapping all 37 trillion cells in the human body

The human body contains around 36 trillion to 37 trillion cells, and researchers are mapping out where every one of those cells lives. Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Penn Medicine joins NIH-funded initiative to create digital map of the human body

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide, NIH-funded initiative to develop the first comprehensive digital map of the healthy human body. The Whole Person Physiome ...

Reporter's notebook: Why I decided to do elective medical tests like a whole body scan, and what I learned

Commercial, paid medical screening like blood tests, whole body MRIs and DEXA scans, which can evaluate bone density and ...
Prevention

I Tried Prenuvo’s Celebrity-Loved Full Body MRI Scan—Here’s What It Found

I’ve always believed in being proactive about my health, but like most people, I usually only see a doctor when something feels wrong or if I’m overdue for an annual exam. That changed when I learned ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Study reveals impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on the whole body

While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, ...
Live Science

Scientists take huge step forward in making atlas of all 37 trillion cells in the human body

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...