ANCILIA BIOSCIENCES

Ancilia Biosciences Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Platform Designed to Address Overlooked Obstacle to Success for Microbiome Therapeutics

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

We founded Ancilia to overcome what our researchers believe is a significant obstacle to this successthe failure to address the presence of phages that infect commensal microbiome bacteria.

Key Points: 
  • We founded Ancilia to overcome what our researchers believe is a significant obstacle to this successthe failure to address the presence of phages that infect commensal microbiome bacteria.
  • There is evidence that phages are associated with disease and that they may also compromise the efficacy of LBPs.
  • We are delighted that the NSF sees potential in our technology and is supporting further development of our platform."
  • Ancilia Biosciences ( www.anciliabio.com) is developing virus-resistant live bacterial biotherapeutics (LBPs) to alter the gut microbiome and treat disease.