The Human Cell Atlas is a global consortium that is mapping every cell type in the human body, creating a 3-dimensional Atlas of human cells to transform our understanding of biology and disease. The Atlas is likely to lead to major advances in the way illnesses are diagnosed and treated.
The first draft Human Cell Atlas is being assembled by 18 HCA Biological Networks of different important organs and tissues such as the lung, heart, liver and immune system.
An open global initiative, the Human Cell Atlas Consortium was founded in 2016 and has grown to more than 3,900 HCA members, from over 2,000 institutes and more than 100 countries around the world.
