Comments on: Toward new drugs for the human and non-human cells in people http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-new-drugs-for-the-human-and-non-human-cells-in-people Accelerating Intelligence Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Katherine MacLean (old science fiction writer and research fan http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-new-drugs-for-the-human-and-non-human-cells-in-people/comment-page-1#comment-24754 Katherine MacLean (old science fiction writer and research fan Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:19:48 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=155579#comment-24754 Agreed We are our own cells, our own identity.If an overwhelming percentage of alien cells that are stated as 90% of our body is not of our body, they are an isolated colony of outside germs each germ or yeast conducting silent battle against each other. They are not any presentation of the human body in action Neither 90% nor 10% Agreed We are our own cells, our own identity.If an overwhelming percentage of alien cells that are stated as 90% of our body is not of our body, they are an isolated colony of outside germs each germ or yeast conducting silent battle against each other. They are not any presentation of the human body in action Neither 90% nor 10%

]]> By: Cybernettr http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-new-drugs-for-the-human-and-non-human-cells-in-people/comment-page-1#comment-24452 Cybernettr Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:26:28 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=155579#comment-24452 <i> bodies contain 10 percent human cells and 90 percent microbes </i> That must be as measured by quantity and not by volume or, rather than a human being, we would look like a giant microbe. bodies contain 10 percent human cells and 90 percent microbes

That must be as measured by quantity and not by volume or, rather than a human being, we would look like a giant microbe.

]]> By: David http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-new-drugs-for-the-human-and-non-human-cells-in-people/comment-page-1#comment-24274 David Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:20:37 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=155579#comment-24274 A totally useless article in its lack of understand of human microbiome and its role in chronic illness. There are already drugs being used successfully to treat chronic inflammatory disease by activating our own immune system to target the human microbiome. See mpkb.org. A totally useless article in its lack of understand of human microbiome and its role in chronic illness. There are already drugs being used successfully to treat chronic inflammatory disease by activating our own immune system to target the human microbiome. See mpkb.org.

]]> By: Bill http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-new-drugs-for-the-human-and-non-human-cells-in-people/comment-page-1#comment-24256 Bill Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:23:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=155579#comment-24256 Kind of weird to state that humans are superorganisms in an exclusive way. Just about every multicellular organism with a gut is a superorganism. Kind of weird to state that humans are superorganisms in an exclusive way. Just about every multicellular organism with a gut is a superorganism.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-new-drugs-for-the-human-and-non-human-cells-in-people/comment-page-1#comment-24248 Bri Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:28:48 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=155579#comment-24248 First they tell us we're 90 percent water, then they tell us that we're only ten percent of that! Oh the humanity of it all! (classic yin and yang) First they tell us we’re 90 percent water, then they tell us that we’re only ten percent of that! Oh the humanity of it all! (classic yin and yang)

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