#gut-bacteria

#gut-bacteria

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. The gut bacteria accumulates perfluorononanoic acid, a 'forever chemical,' as dense clumps.

The researchers found distinct brain subtypes, gut subtypes, and gut-brain subtypes, which might act as potential biomarkers for diagnosing psychiatric disorders in schizophrenia patients.

The gut-brain axis reveals how gut bacteria imbalance can worsen OCD, opening avenues for dietary interventions as potential treatment pathways.