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An oral bacterial cocktail for kidney protection

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The oral delivery of a microencapsulated bacterial cocktail into animal models of kidney disease promotes the degradation of nitrogenous waste in the gut, thereby supporting renal function.

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    John Jarman & Dylan Dodd

  2. Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Dylan Dodd

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Jarman, J., Dodd, D. An oral bacterial cocktail for kidney protection. Nat Biomed Eng 4, 847–848 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-00610-y

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