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Your Poop Is Unique

Posted Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at 10:36 PM

Like a fingerprint, the virus communities in the human gut are unique to each individual, a new study on poop DNA suggests. Even identical twins have very different collections of viruses colonizing their lower intestines. Click HERE to learn more about poop DNA.

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Now this is my type of blog!!!

I'm guessing the same holds true for gas. I have a friend whose better half banned him from drinking a certain type of beer because he would clear a room after a night on the town.

The downside is I will have to use dog poo in the paper sack next time I do the bag on fire, ring the doorbell trick!

-- Posted by cptfa on Wed, Jul 14, 2010, at 11:22 PM
I would love to see a follow up blog on the results from the next study. The variation in these viruses, between twins, intrigues me. Does the first virus introduced in the gut take hold or are these primarily RNA viruses that tend to mutate at a higher rate than DNA viruses? Fascinating

-- Posted by cptfa on Wed, Jul 14, 2010, at 11:42 PM

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