&quot;the researchers produce a ratio for microbial to human cells for the average man of 1.3:1, with a wide uncertainty&quot;<p>Even given a &quot;wide uncertainty&quot; their estimate is still on the side of the microbial cells. That hardly warrants a headline saying &quot;scientists bust myth&quot; as the &quot;myth&quot; was often just phrased as a &quot;there are more&quot; not as a specific ratio of 10:1.