New probiotic supplement targeting GI inflammation has NC State roots – here’s the back story
Posted by Deborah Strange on Jun 4th 2025
New probiotic supplement targeting GI inflammation has NC State roots – here’s the back story
RALEIGH – NC State researchers have created a new probiotic supplement that reduces gastrointestinal inflammation. The supplement was developed by engineering a strain of bacteria, and it’s now licensed and commercially available for purchase.
Rodolphe Barrangou, the Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor in Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, led a team of researchers studying the bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus. A strain of this bacterium, L. acidophilus NCFM, was discovered at NC State in the 1970s and has been studied extensively since. NCFM stands for North Carolina Food Microbiology, the lab where this strain was discovered.
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