The Number of Cells in a Human
November 28, 2023 | Terry Sharrer
“According to a new analysis of more than 1,500 papers, the average adult male human has around 36 trillion cells — that’s 36 followed by 12 zeros — while adult females have 28 trillion and 10-year-old children have about 17 trillion. To arrive at these estimates, the authors of the new study, which was published . . . in the journal PNAS, considered the size and number of 400 types of cells in the body across 60 tissues, including muscle, nerve and immune cells. . .” MORE
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