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. 2018 Sep 12;24(3):334-336.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.014.

With Probiotics, Resistance Is Not Always Futile

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With Probiotics, Resistance Is Not Always Futile

Christopher J Severyn et al. Cell Host Microbe. .

Abstract

Probiotics and other bacteriotherapies are actively being explored and applied as symptom- and disease-modifying agents. In a recent issue of Cell, two papers contribute to our understanding of how live bacterial therapies variably affect individuals and the short- and longer-term impact of these therapies on colonization and host response.

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A.S.B. is co-founder of Global Oncology, a non-profit organization, and is on the Scientific Advisory Board of Arc Biosciences and January.ai. A.S.B. has served as a consultant for Kaleido Biosciences.

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