# BioNumbers - a useful reference for biologically relevant numbers

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**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/bionumbers-a-useful-reference-for-biologically-relevant-numbers/4225 "2022-05-23T07:23:14Z")
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### Author: ![Anamfija](https://forum.eternagame.org/user_avatar/forum.eternagame.org/anamfija/32/5144_2.png) [@Anamfija](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Anamfija)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/bionumbers-a-useful-reference-for-biologically-relevant-numbers/4225/1 "2022-05-23T07:23:15Z")

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I remember happening across BioNumbers in one of my classes - I wanted to share it here because it might be useful (and I haven’t seen it posted on the forum yet). I’ve mostly used it for doing rough calculations and/or justifying approximations.

Website: [Search BioNumbers - The Database of Useful Biological Numbers](https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/search.aspx)  
Related article: Milo et al. Nucl. Acids Res. (2010) 38 (suppl 1): D750-D753. [https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2Fgkp889](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2Fgkp889)