As you know, our body is made up of an amazing array of cells that perform a variety of functions, from nerve cells and red blood cells to the millions of myocytes that make up the core of muscle tissue. It is also very difficult to express all the cells of the body with a specific mathematical number.
A joint team of researchers from Germany, Canada, Spain and the United States decided to calculate how many cells are in the human body. After analyzing more than 1,500 scientific publications, scientists found that the body of an adult weighing 70 kg has about 36 trillion cells, a female family weighing 60 kg typically has 28 trillion cells, and a ten-year-old child weighing 32 kg has about 17 trillion cells. .
The study revealed a truly unique aspect of cells beyond their total number. Scientists have decided to divide cells into different categories based on their size. As a result, each category contributes roughly the same amount to body weight.
These studies have led researchers to theorize that there is a “trade-off between the size and number of cells in the body as a whole.” In other words, a natural balance occurs: to keep the mass of the categories equal, the body creates larger cells and smaller cells.
As researchers point out, our cells are ideally sized to perform various functions, and violations of this “natural law” often indicate disease.
Scientists believe that future research will allow us to better understand how the human body regulates the size and number of cells and how this regulation works to ensure the health and normal development of our bodies.
compiled by Shyhmuhammet ORAYEV,
student of the state energy institute of Turkmenistan.
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