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Designer Microbe Shows Promise for Reducing Mercury Absorption From Seafood
May 02, 2025
LOS ANGELES, California, May 2 -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release:

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Designer microbe shows promise for reducing mercury absorption from seafood

UCLA and UCSD research suggests a probiotic could one day increase the benefits of eating fish

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 . . .

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