Before cells mature, they have to decide what they want to be — and new research shows that process gets pretty "noisy."

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Know Your Neurons: What Is the Ratio of Glia to Neurons in the Brain?
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...
“Since at least the 1950s scientists have tried to estimate the relative number of neurons and glial cells in the human brain. They encountered difficulties right away.”

There are 37.2 Trillion Cells in Your Body
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...
“How many cells make up your body? It’s actually not all that easy to answer that simple question. But recently, scientists have made a pretty good effort. And their final count is…37.2 trillion.”

Scientists Find Different Cell Types Contain The Same Enzyme Ratios
https://phys.org/news/201803scienti...
“By studying bacteria and yeast, researchers at MIT have discovered that vastly different types of cells still share fundamental similarities, conserved across species and refined over time. More specifically, these cells contain the same proportion of specialized proteins, known as enzymes, which coordinate chemical reactions within the cell.”

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