US Patent Issued to DSM IP ASSETS on Sept. 8 for "Method of increasing the population of Dialister spp. in the gut microbiome" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,109, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Method of increasing the population of Dialister spp. in the gut microbiome" was invented by Thanh-Van Pham (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), Ateequr Rehman (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), Nicole Seifert (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), Robert Steinert (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland) and Wilbert Sybesma (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The population of Dialister spp. bacteria in the gut microbiome is lower in people with various diseases. We have found that administration of vitamins/vitamin combinations such as: beta-carotene, Vitamin A, Vita...