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Your Feces Is a Wonderland of Viruses
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."
Don't I feel special!
... I love that song.
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One of the greatest episodes of any show ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvk-CnXYhI
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It was already established, IIRC, how the number of bacterial cells in our bodies is greater than "human" ones; now this. "Human" genetic material (what this is all about in the end) seems to be in a minority inside us - though with such viruses it might be much less clear, perhaps they are a much more integral part of us; could pass RNA between cells, for example.
So...I, for one, welcome our viral overlords. I welcome us.
One that hath name thou can not otter
Geez, the Slashdot editors couldn't even spell "anal" when it was even on-topic.
From my understanding of evolution, I think its surprising that we'd put the central waste facility right next to the playground and manufacturing plant.
What fun the children of these scientists must have.
What does your daddy do? He plays with shit.
What did you do on your "take your son to work" day? We got people to poop for us.
What did you bring for show and tell? Here's some poop in the shape of Obama.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Well, obviously, it's because the playground is so important that we need redundancy. Evolution has granted us a playground, and a backup playground right next to it.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai