Human Gut Bacteria Can Gather Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS Nora Bradford ...

Health Gut microbes could be key to fighting toxic, long-lasting 'forever chemicals,' research says Study reveals human microbiome could protect against PFAS that are 'so widespread that they're ...

More information: Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Nature Microbiology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-02032-5 Journal information: Nature Microbiology ...

The most comprehensive cell map of the human gut to date has been created by combining spatial and single-cell data from 1.6 million cells.

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip about half the size of a five-cent ...

A new methane-producing archaeal species, Methanobrevibacter intestini sp. nov., and a variant of Methanobrevibacter smithii (GRAZ-2) have been identified in the human gut. M. intestini produces ...

Bacteria commonly found in the human gut could potentially be used to gather up PFAS and carry them out as waste, researchers suggest in a study published this week in Nature Microbiology. “I ...