Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

New research suggests that microbes in the human gut could be harnessed to block absorption of toxic metals like mercury and help the body absorb useful nutritional ones, like iron


None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/EverythingScience

Read more on:

Photo of Iron

Iron

Photo of Mercury

Mercury

Photo of Toxic Metals

Toxic Metals

Related news:

News photo

Unraveling the connections between the brain and gut

News photo

Rain gardens could save salmon from toxic tire chemicals

News photo

Watch Mercury roll by in a stunning sequence from BepiColombo probe (video)