Scientists bust myth that our bodies have more bacteria than human cells (nature.com) 2 points by CrowFly 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] DrScump 10y ago ↗ "A 'reference man' (one who is 70 kilograms, 20–30 years old and 1.7 metres tall) contains on average about 30 trillion human cells and 39 trillion bacteria"The numbers are a bit at odds with the title, aren't they? [–] qbrass 10y ago ↗ The article says the myth was that there's 10x as many bacteria than human cells. Not sure why the title left that out. [–] CrowFly 10y ago ↗ Because of the 80 character limit!
[–] qbrass 10y ago ↗ The article says the myth was that there's 10x as many bacteria than human cells. Not sure why the title left that out. [–] CrowFly 10y ago ↗ Because of the 80 character limit!
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 14.1 ms ] threadThe numbers are a bit at odds with the title, aren't they?