Sentences with phrase «outnumber human cells in the body»

Scientists beleive that bacterial cells outnumber human cells in the body, making us more bacteria than human.

These same microorganisms outnumber human cells in the body by 10 to 1.

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Researchers have found in recent years that single - celled organisms and viruses harbored in the human body outnumber the body's own cells.

The 100 trillion microbes in the human gut — which vastly outnumber the «human» cells in our bodies — are critical to our health and development.

«The average healthy individual carries trillions of microorganisms in and on their body, outnumbering human cells.

We humans are, in simple terms, bags of water filled with proteins and prokaryotic bacteria (the bacteria in your body outnumber the cells in your body about 10 to 1).

The human microbiome — the diverse array of bacteria, yeast, parasites, and other single - celled organisms that live in and on our bodies — is comprised of more microbes than there are stars in the galaxy, and the genes encoded in microbiome DNA vastly outnumber our own genes.

It may sound bizarre (and pretty disgusting) to know that we have so many «bugs» living in our body, but it's true — bacteria outnumber our human cells by roughly 10 to 1.

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The resident microorganisms, outnumbering by 10:1 by our human body cells, develop an ecosystem through postnatal exposures, in the vaginal canal, through breastfeeding, and the immediate environment.