Women Have More Diverse Hand Bacteria Than Men

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 13:42 in Biology & Nature

A new study indicates that not only do human hands harbor far higher numbers of bacteria species than previously believed, women have a significantly greater diversity of microbes on their palms than men.

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