Patents Assigned to National Institutes of Health (NIH); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); The United States of America, NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Tehnology Resources (DEITR)
  • Compositions and methods for transplantation of colon microbiota
    Patent number: 9649343
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: National Institutes of Health (NIH); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); The United States of America, NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Tehnology Resources (DEITR)
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton