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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body - PMC
The aim of this study is to critically revisit former estimates for the number of human and bacterial cells in the human body. We give up-to-date detailed estimates where the calculation logic and sources are fully documented and uncertainty ranges are derived. By updating the cell counts in the body, we also revisit the 10:1 value that has been so thoroughly repeated as to achieve the status of an established common knowledge fact [4]. This ratio was criticized recently in a letter to the journal Microbe [5], but an alternative detailed estimate that will give concrete values and estimate the uncertainty range is needed.
scientificamerican.com
Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones | Scientific American
<strong>You are more bacteria than you are you</strong>, according to the latest body census
sorbonne-universite.fr
Is it true that there are more microbes than cells in the human body? | Sorbonne Université| Sorbonne université
But remember, <strong>when bacteria and viruses are counted together, they still outnumber human cells!</strong> Valérie Lannoy, post-doctorate in microbiology, Sorbonne University
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nature.com
Scientists bust myth that our bodies have more bacteria than human cells | Nature
... Sender, R., Fuchs, S. & Milo, R. Preprint on bioRxiv http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/036103 (2015). ... Abbott, A. <strong>Scientists bust myth that our bodies have more bacteria than human cells</strong>.
scientificamerican.com
Scientists Bust Myth That Our Bodies Have More Bacteria Than Human Cells | Scientific American
It's often said that the bacteria and other microbes in our body outnumber our own cells by about ten to one. <strong>That's a myth that should be forgotten</strong>, say researchers in Israel and Canada.
bbc.com
More than half your body is not human
Originally it was thought our cells were outnumbered 10 to one. "That's been refined much closer to one-to-one, so the current estimate is you're <strong>about 43% human if you're counting up all the cells</strong>," he says.
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