More than half of your body is not human, say scientists.
科学家们称,人身体里超过一半的组成“不是人类”。
Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists.
人体只有43%的细胞属于人类,而其他的部分则是由非人类的微生物细胞群组成。
Understanding this hidden half of ourselves -- our microbiome -- is rapidly transforming understanding of diseases from allergy to Parkinson's.
理解关于我们的隐藏的一半,即我们的微生物群,正在迅速转变人们对过敏和帕金森病的认识。
The field is even asking questions of what it means to be "human" and is leading to new innovative treatments as a result.
该领域甚至提出了“人类”意味着什么的问题,并导致了新的创新疗法。
"They are essential to your health," says Prof Ruth Ley, the director of the department of microbiome science at the Max Planck Institute, "your body isn't just you".
马克斯普朗克研究所微生物群系科学部主管鲁斯·莱教授称:“它们对你的健康至关重要,你的身体不仅仅是你的。”
No matter how well you wash, nearly every nook and cranny of your body is covered in microscopic creatures.
无论你把自己洗得多干净,在你的身体几乎每个角落和缝隙中,仍然都生长着微生物。
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