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发帖数: 2136 | 1 We're one-tenth human
Rest of the body is a swarm of foreign microbes
By: Robert S. Boyd
Winnipeg Free Press, 13/09/2009 1:00 AM | Comments: 2
WASHINGTON -- Scientists are beginning a large-scale effort to identify and
analyze the vast majority of cells in or on your body that aren't of human
origin.
Only about 10 per cent of the trillions of cells that make up a person are
truly human, researchers say. The other 90 per cent are bacteria, viruses
and other microbes swarming in your gut and on yo | g*****j
发帖数: 1211 | 2 Great article.
It is an interesting perspective to look at life, and does caution us the
risk of insensible use of antibiotics. In US as a result of evidence based
medicine, antibiotics are no longer recommended in many indications, which
were widely treated with antibiotics in the past. In this regard, China has
a long way to go. |
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