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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (US);
Eric Pamer, Montclair, NJ (US);
Peter McKenney, New York, NY (US);
Silvia Caballero, Cambridge, MA (US);
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for reducing the risk and severity of vancomycin-resistantinfection or colonization. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that a restricted fraction of the gut microbiota, including the bacteriaand/or the bacteriacontribute substantially to resistance against vancomycin-resistantinfection or colonization. Without being bound by any particular theory, it is believed that this is achieved through the biosynthesis of secondary bile acids in the case of