Work published by Dr Kiran Patil, alongside collaborators at the LMB, EMBL and the University of Tubingen, describing how certain species of gut bacteria can absorb PFAS was reported across multiple national and international media outlets.
You can read the Unit's news article and/or the paper, published in Nature Microbiology, for more details. Examples of coverage can be found below:
Harriet Heywood, BBC: Scientists discover protection from PFAS chemicals
Harriet Heywood, BBC News China: 科学家发现防御“永久化学物质”PFAS的新方法
Tracy Swartz, New York Post: PFAS breakthrough? Scientists eye easy way to rid the body of forever chemicals
Julia Musto, The Independent: Researchers discover certain gut bacteria can protect you from toxic plastics that increase cancer risks
Nora Bradford, Scientific American: Human Gut Bacteria Can Gather Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
Tom Perkins, The Guardian: Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows
Pilar Arias, Fox News: Gut microbes could be key to fighting toxic, long-lasting 'forever chemicals,' research says
Emily Joshu, Sterne Daily Mail: Scientists discover cancer-fighting bacteria that 'soak up' forever chemicals in the body
Marta Mussi, La Repubblica: Pfas, nel nostro intestino un’arma per eliminarli
Pia Kruckenhauser, Der Standard: Können Mikroben im Darm Ewigkeitschemikalien unschädlich machen?
Sharon Udasin, Yahoo News: Gut microbes could offer protection from toxic ‘forever chemicals’: Study
David Nield, Yahoo News USA: Gut Bacteria Found to Soak Up Toxic Forever Chemicals
Yahoo Noticias/Fox Noticias: Los microbios intestinales podrían ser la clave para combatir las "sustancias químicas para siempre" tóxicas y duraderas, según una investigación
Science Daily: Tiny gut “sponge” bacteria found to flush out toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”
Patrick Pester, MSN Canada: Our gut bacteria can absorb and remove toxic 'forever chemicals' — at least in lab mice
MSN Italy: Batteri dell'intestino come armi contro sostanze chimiche nocive
An interview on All Things Considered on NPR with host Ailsa Chang Scientists find gut microbes that are PFAS sponges
An interview and article on Een Vandaag with Luuk Mulder Iedere Nederlander heeft PFAS in bloed: hoe krijg je het uit je lichaam? Onderzoekers werken aan 'opruimpil'
University of Cambridge story: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gut-microbes-could-protect-us-from-toxic-forever-chemicals
UKRI story: Gut bacteria can remove PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from our body