RE: Angels on a pin

Woods-Cook Kathie MSM PH223 (kathie_a.woods-cook@chbs.MHS.CIBA.COM)
30 May 1996 06:56:04 +0000

I posed this question to a couple of knowledgeable colleagues and received
the following answers:
(1) Let me think about it.
(2)10e7 packed leukocytes = 0.1ml, 10e8 =1ml, 1ml=1g, 10e11 = 1kg, so a
100kg individual (human) = 10e12--10e13 cells.

Reponder #2 wants to know if there is a prize for the correct answer?

Regards,
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Kathie A. Woods-Cook
Pharma Research
Ciba Geigy AG
Basle, Switzerland

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>Cyto-trivia experts - I was asked by a colleague if there is an accepted
>estimate as how many cells are in an adult human body. Anyone have a clue?

>Bruce H. Davis, M.D.
>Director of Analytical Cytometry
>Dept. of Clinical Pathology
>William Beaumont Hospital
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