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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-Messenger's 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 Neonatology. The seed round was funded from a private equity syndicate led by Birmingham-based investmen...

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 led by Birmingham-based investment firm Timberline Holdings. ResBiotic's first product aims to suppl...