One of the thrilling science-related articles in recent weeks was unveiled by none other than Business Insider!
The article, bylined by Kevin Loria, is entitled “Crazy maps reveal colonies of bacteria and chemicals all over the human body”.
As the author notes: “Our largest and most exposed organ — our skin — is covered in and composed of not just human skin cells but also about a trillion bacteria (and even more viruses) along with molecules from chemicals we come into contact with every day.”
He adds that “… Researchers just mapped the ‘chemical topography’ of human skin in order to figure out what exactly is living and settling on there and how those skin cells, bacteria, and chemicals interact.”
Below are some of the images of the “bacterial and chemical mapping” of the human organism.
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