Engineered Probiotic Provides New Approach for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Introduction

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Scientists at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering say they have developed a living material approach that uses a strain of genetically engineered E. coli Nissle gut bacteria as a locally acting probiotic.

 

The engineered bacteria produce a network of nanofibers that directly binds to mucus to fill inflamed areas like a patch, shielding them from gut microbes and environmental factors.

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Engineered Probiotic for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease 

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