Designer microbe shows promise for reducing mercury absorption from seafood
Astrobitica
May 1, 2025 (Last updated: May 1, 2025) 1 minute read
An engineered gut microbe can detoxify methylmercury, reducing the amount that passes into the brain and developing fetuses of mice fed a diet rich in fish, UCLA and UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists have discovered.