Re:Woman with Immortal Cells
by gus_massa on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @10:58AM
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The article says 50 millon tons, this is realy realy big. It is like 10Kg (~20 pounds) per human being alive.
But according to wikipedia and [1] there are "only" 20 tons. (I think that the exact number is difficult to calculate, so 50 tons is perhaps a razonable number too.)
Still 20 tons (~ 40000 pounds) is much bigger than 50 or 100 Kg (~100 or200 pound) that is the weight of a person.
But according to wikipedia and [1] there are "only" 20 tons. (I think that the exact number is difficult to calculate, so 50 tons is perhaps a razonable number too.)
Still 20 tons (~ 40000 pounds) is much bigger than 50 or 100 Kg (~100 or200 pound) that is the weight of a person.
[1] http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/cancer-cells-killed-her-then...