Bifidobacterium in the treatment of inflammatory disease

Bifidobacterium A strain of isolated from resected and washed human gastrointestinal tract is significantly immunomodulatory following oral consumption in humans. The strain is useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of undesirable inflammatroy activity, especially gastrointestinal inflammatory a...

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Main Authors Collins, John Kevin, O'Sullivan, Gerald Christopher, O'Mahony, Liam, Shanahan, Fergus
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.03.2007
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Summary:Bifidobacterium A strain of isolated from resected and washed human gastrointestinal tract is significantly immunomodulatory following oral consumption in humans. The strain is useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of undesirable inflammatroy activity, especially gastrointestinal inflammatory activity such as inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome. The inflammatory activity may also be due to cancer.