• It will help scientists understand how genetic variants impact disease risk.

• Define drug toxicities.

• Discover better therapies and advance regenerative medicine.

• It would allow us to identify which genes associated with disease are active in our bodies and where.

• Analyze the regulatory mechanisms that govern the production of different cell types.

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So, in short: paired with advanced future therapies and medicine, the Human Cell Atlas would be able to identify faulty genes that carry the risk of disease and be able to eliminate the problem before it occurs.