Immunology Fact of the Day

September 11, 2006 at 1:35 pm | In immunology | 2 Comments

I haven’t been posting much here, and nothing science related, so here’s a cool fact I just heard*: there are 100 times as many bacteria in your gut as cells in your body that actually belong to you.

*now I’m hesitant to post this because maybe everyone else already knows this, but I didn’t realise there were quite that many bugs.

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  1. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

    Comment by Dr. Brazen Hussy — September 13, 2006 #

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  2. That freaks me out. Big time. Thanks for that!

    Comment by propter doc — October 30, 2006 #

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