Paper2016
Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body
Ron Sender, Shai Fuchs & Ron Milo
Recalculates the ratio of bacterial to human cells in the body and finds it close to 1:1 rather than the widely cited 10:1, correcting a figure that had shaped how the microbiome's scale was understood.
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