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smt88yesterday at 2:49 PM1 replyview on HN

We are absolutely symbiotic from our cells upward. A large percentage of your body mass is bacteria, including the symbiotic bacteria you feed in your gut with the food you think you’re eating only for yourself.


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nephihahatoday at 8:38 AM

Recent research has suggested that viruses supply us with a second immune system. These viruses keep down the numbers of bacteria and other microbes in our gut etc

We are so used to reading negative things about viruses that it makes a change to find out how they can benefit us too.