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Microbes in human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries

April 16, 2019

Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one another at a higher rate than is typically seen in nature, and some of those genes appear to be traveling – independent of their microbial hosts – from one part of the body to another, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports.


April 16, 2019


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