A new probiotic could soon tackle the burden of heavy-metal-contaminated fish.

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

Scientists have engineered a gut microbe that can detoxify methylmercury, reducing the amount that passes into the brain and ...

Key takeawaysUCLA and UCSD scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an ...

Key takeaways· UCLA and UCSD scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium ...

Developing foetuses are the most vulnerable, as mercury readily crosses the placental barrier, with research indicating that ...

A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a parasitic worm "got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." The ...

Chiang Rai - The Provincial Fisheries Office and an independent researcher have advised caution over mercury content in fish ...

Informed by his career as an emergency physician, Brady Pregerson, MD, gives his take on the new hit medical drama, The Pitt.

The Executive Director of Child Rights International, Mr Bright Appiah, has issued a strong call for the immediate abolition ...

Empathetic and persistent communication is key when it comes to talking to parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their child ...