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Support of Weight Loss by Altering a Bacterial Population in the GI Tract

Detailed Technology Description

Cornell researchers have identified a bacterial family,Christensenellaceae, found in the intestinal tract and feces andhave established that the absolute orrelative abundance of Christensenellaceae is firstly influenced by hostgenetics and secondly correlated to the phenotypic variance in Body mass Index(BMI).

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PCT publication WO2015164555
Julia K. Goodrich & al. (2014). Human Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome. Cell 159, 789–799. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.053.

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USA

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