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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Martin J. Blaser, New York, NY (US);
Laura Cox, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ilseung Cho, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/74 (2015.01); A23L 1/30 (2006.01); A61K 35/741 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/30 (2013.01); A23L 1/3014 (2013.01); A61K 35/741 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to characterizing changes in mammalian intestinal microbiota associated with associated with high-fat and low-fat diets and with diets containing hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and related methods for diagnosing, preventing and treating obesity and related conditions such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of probiotics, and/or prebiotics, and/or narrow spectrum antibiotics/anti-bacterial agents that are capable of restoring healthy mammalian bacterial intestinal microbiota.