02411nas a2200685   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001500043653001100058653001300069653002200082100001300104700001900117700002000136700002000156700001500176700002200191700001900213700002000232700001600252700002700268700002000295700001800315700001600333700002100349700002200370700002600392700002200418700001500440700002000455700002300475700001700498700001800515700002000533700001600553700002400569700001700593700002000610700002200630700001500652700002600667700001700693700002000710700001900730700001600749700002100765700002300786700001900809700002800828700002000856700001700876700001800893700001900911245005500930856005500985300001001040490000701050520065401057022001401711       2024                            d  c2024-11-2010aethics10aGenetics10aMolecular biology1 aIdo Amit1 aKristin Ardlie1 aFabiana Arzuaga1 aGordon Awandare1 aGary Bader1 aAlexander Bernier1 aPiero Carninci1 aStacey Donnelly1 aRoland Eils1 aAlistair R. R. Forrest1 aHenry T. Greely1 aRoderic Guigo1 aNir Hacohen1 aMuzlifah Haniffa1 aEmily Sarah Kirby1 aBartha Maria Knoppers1 aArnold Kriegstein1 aEd S. Lein1 aSten Linnarsson1 aPartha P. Majumder1 aMiriam Merad1 aKerstin Meyer1 aMusa M. Mhlanga1 aGarry Nolan1 aNtobeko A. B. Ntusi1 aDana Pe’er1 aShyam Prabhakar1 aMaili Raven-Adams1 aAviv Regev1 aOrit Rozenblatt-Rosen1 aSenjuti Saha1 aAndrea Saltzman1 aAlex K. Shalek1 aJay W. Shin1 aHenk Stunnenberg1 aSarah A. Teichmann1 aTimothy Tickle1 aAlexandra-Chloe Villani1 aChristine Wells1 aBarbara Wold1 aHuanming Yang1 aXiaowei Zhuang00aThe commitment of the human cell atlas to humanity  uhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54306-x  a100190 v153 aThe Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is a global partnership “to create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life – as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease.” (https://www.humancellatlas.org/) The atlas shall characterize cells from diverse individuals across the globe to better understand human biology. HCA proactively considers the priorities of, and benefits accrued to, contributing communities. Here, we lay out principles and action items that have been adopted to affirm HCA’s commitment to equity so that the atlas is beneficial to all of humanity.  a2041-1723