The Human Body-in "Google Map" Form, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Study

Curious about how a disease gets started? Researchers may soon be able to “street view” the inner workings of the human body. An international group of researchers have successfully created the most comprehensive map of the human metabolism, called Recon 2, which details how the body’s converts food into energy, and assembles all of the hormones and proteins that contribute to a normal day’s work for cells and tissues.

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