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Your Feces Is a Wonderland of Viruses

Posted by timothy on from the and-so-can-you dept.

sciencehabit writes "Thanks to an anlaysis of fecal samples from four sets of Missouri-born female identical twins and their mothers, researchers have concluded that human guts harbor viruses as unique as the people they inhabit; the viral lineup differs even between identical twins. Even more surprising? These viruses may be doing good work inside of us."

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  1. THIS EXPLAINS A LOT by mr_da3m0n · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >Your Feces Is a Wonderland of Viruses

    This explains a lot about Windows ME.

    (Sorry, sorry. Remain seated, pleased.)

  2. Re:Yea, and? by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't remember a spelling OR grammar test to be a black hat. I do remember all the people that new what they where doing laughing at posers using the term virii.

    "that wasn't an attempt at looking intelligent"
    that's for sure.

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