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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Seres Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Geoffrey Von Maltzahn, Boston, MA (US);
Matthew R. Henn, Somerville, MA (US);
David N. Cook, Brooklyn, NY (US);
David Arthur Berry, Brookline, MA (US);
Noubar B. Afeyan, Lexington, MA (US);
Brian Goodman, Boston, MA (US);
Mary-Jane Lombardo McKenzie, Arlington, MA (US);
Marin Vulic, Boston, MA (US);
Seres Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for populating the gastrointestinal tract of a subject are described. Methods include administering to a subject a therapeutic composition comprising a purified population of spore-forming bacteria produced by providing a fecal material and subjecting the material to a treatment step resulting in purification of spore-forming bacteria. Methods include administering an amount effective to engraft and/or augment in the gastrointestinal tract in order to treat or prevent a dysbiosis in the mammalian subject.