THE bacteria who live in ours gastrointestinal apparatus they could become Weapons against harmful substances and permanent who are now everywhere in the environment, the so -called ‘Forever Chemicals‘: a research group led by the British University of Cambridge has discovered that some species who are found Of course in the intestine I am able to absorb and eliminate from the organism i Pfaswhich have been associated with a series of health problems including reduction in fertility, delay in child development, increased risk of some tumors and cardiovascular diseases. The study, published in the magazine Nature Microbiology and conducted on mice, therefore opens up to the possibility of developing enhanced bacteria precisely in order to protect us.
Pfas (substances per- and polypluoralchilic) are present in many objects of everyday usefrom waterproof clothing to non -stick pans, from food packaging to lipsticks. They are so widely used for theirs heat resistance, water and fatbut since ithousands of years are degraded to degradeare accumulating in large quantities in the environment.
“The reality is that the PFAS are already present in our body“, says Indra Roux, among the authors of the study coordinated by Kiranda Patil.” We have not yet found a way to destroy them says Roux – but our discoveries open up to the possibility of developing methods to eliminate them from our body, where they are more harmful “.
After identifying the species microbials capable of absorbing the Pfasresearchers have them inserted in the mice intestine: here quickly accumulated the substances ingested by animals, absorbing between 25% and 74% and allowing for it‘Expulsion with feces. The results therefore constitute the first test that the intestinal microbioma could play a useful role in the elimination of toxic chemicals, even if it has not yet been seen at work in human beings.
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