ᴜnpacᴋɪng ᴛhᴇ hᴏw ᴍanʏ cᴇlls dᴏᴇs casᴏᴇ haᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴏlᴜᴛɪᴏn
hᴏw ᴍanʏ cᴇlls dᴏᴇs casᴏᴇ haᴠᴇ? ɪᴛ’s a ᴛʀɪllɪᴏn-dᴏllaʀ qᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏn ᴛhaᴛ’s ʙᴇᴇn dᴇʙaᴛᴇd ʙʏ scɪᴇnᴛɪsᴛs fᴏʀ cᴇnᴛᴜʀɪᴇs. nᴏw, a ᴛᴇaᴍ ᴏf ʀᴇsᴇaʀchᴇʀs aᴛ ᴛhᴇ ᴜnɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴛʏ ᴏf calɪfᴏʀnɪa, ʙᴇʀᴋᴇlᴇʏ, has fɪnallʏ cʀacᴋᴇd ᴛhᴇ cᴏdᴇ. ᴜsɪng a nᴇw ᴛᴇchnɪqᴜᴇ callᴇd “sɪnglᴇ-cᴇll sᴇqᴜᴇncɪng,” ᴛhᴇʏ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇn aʙlᴇ ᴛᴏ cᴏᴜnᴛ ᴛhᴇ nᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏf cᴇlls ɪn a sɪnglᴇ hᴜᴍan ʙʀaɪn: 86 ʙɪllɪᴏn. ᴛhaᴛ’s ᴏᴠᴇʀ 10 ᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛhan pʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜslʏ ᴛhᴏᴜghᴛ!
