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A fecal microbial transplant -; giving a recipient fecal matter from a donor to change the recipient's gut microbial community in the colon -; has been a successful last resort therapy for people with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection after multiple rounds of suppressive antibiotics have eliminated the recipient microbial community.

The COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing Sandusky County impacts were the top story in the News-Messengers 2021 Top 10 list.

UAB spinoff receives $3 million in seed funding to develop probiotic formulations for lung health A biomedical research company founded by a University of Alabama at Birmingham physician-scientist has received $3 million in seed funding. ResBiotic Inc. -- spun off from UAB last year -- will use the money to develop and commercialize groundbreaking probiotic formulations for lung health, says founder C. Vivek Lal, M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neon...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A biomedical research company founded by a University of Alabama at Birmingham physician-scientist has received $3 million in seed funding. ResBiotic Inc. -- spun off from UAB last year -- will use the money to develop and commercialize groundbreaking probiotic formulations for lung health, says founder C. Vivek Lal, M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology. The seed round was funded from a private equity syndicate ...

Section on Molecular Neuroscience Staff Lee E. Eiden is the Chief of the Section on Molecular Neuroscience in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois, and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from The University of Kansas, and was a Staff Fellow, PRAT Fellow, and Senior Staff Fellow in the NIMH Intramural Research Program before joining the f...

Resbiotic, Inc., a Bilmingham, Ala.-based biotech startup, raised $3M in seed funding. The round was funded from a private equity syndicate led by Timberline Holdings. Braxton Goodrich (Timberline Holdings) will serve on the ResBiotic Board of Directors. The company intends to use the funds for the development and commercialization of probiotic formulations for lung health. ResBiotic is the flagship company of ResBiotech Innovation Institute, founded by physician scientist Dr. C Vivek ...

Share this article Share this article BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Alabama at Birminghams biotech startup Resbiotic, Inc. today announced a $3M seed round to support the development and commercialization of groundbreaking probiotic formulations for lung health. The round was funded from a private equity syndicate led by Timberline Holdings.   ResBiotic is the flagship company of ResBiotech Innovation Institute, founded by physician scientist Dr. C Vivek La...