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Professor opts out of probiotic commercialisation route
Professor opts out of probiotic commercialisation route to concentrate on research
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 30 March 2011 ) In a world in which scientists are often encouraged to commercialise their research findings, there's something quite noble about Gregor Reid.
He's a professor these days of microbiology and immunology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and director of the Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics.
When he first started researching the probiotic (good bacteria) over 25 years ago, it was considered a bit left field and unnecessary, since antibiotics were all that was considered necessary.
As time has gone on however with no new antibiotics and a growing bacterial resistance, the role of probiotics and their ability to crowd out harmful bacteria has become increasingly important.
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