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First whole-body cell atlas maps an adult vertebrate

Led the Danionella atlas study

Mapping every cell in an adult vertebrate has been out of reach for a simple reason: most vertebrates are too big. A 12-millimeter transparent fish called Danionella cerebrum removed that obstacle. Researchers catalogued 607,370 cells from 12 body regions and mapped where the major cell types sit.

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"Once you have a spatially resolved atlas, you know what cell types exist, but you also know the neighbors of those cell types in this context."

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"This gives you access at multiple different levels of complexity, from molecular to cellular to systems."

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