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Vedanta's live bacteria cocktail fails to reduce ulcerative colitis severity in phase 2 trial

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Vedanta Biosciences’ dreams of using live bacteria to treat inflammatory bowel disease have been dashed. The Massachusetts-based microbiome outfit’s mixture of 16 bacterial strains failed to reduce disease severity in the colons of patients with ulcerative colitis, Vedanta said Wednesday.

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