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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Applicants:
Biogaia Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eamonn Connolly, Lidingö, SE;
Robert Allen Britton, East Lansing, MI (US);
Laura Rae McCabe, Haslett, MI (US);
Assignees:
BioGaia AB, Stockholm, SE;
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/747 (2015.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); A23L 33/135 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/747 (2013.01); A23L 33/135 (2016.08); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A61K 2035/11 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a method for selecting lactic acid bacterial strains effective for preventing bone loss in humans and strains that have been selected according to the presented method. The selection method is based on the strain's capability of reestablishing an altered microbial community to normal and/or harboring at least one of four specific SNPs.