Projects

List of Projects being undertaken at, or in collaboration with, the Canadian R&D Centre for Probiotics. May, 2007

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1. Clinical trial on probiotic food for allergy sufferers. Tara Koyama, Lauren Mussen
2. Development of novel probiotic food – Jamie Hemsworth, Raj Bhayana
3. Isolation of anti-staphylococci signaling factor – Dr. John McCormick
4. Isolation of anti-inflammatory signaling component – Dr. Sung Kim
5. Use of probiotics to augment eradication of yeast vaginitis – Dr. Kingsley Anukam.
6. Growth of lactobacilli in antibiotics – Dr. Kingsley Anukam.
7. Probiotics for BV during pregnancy – Dr. Alan Bocking, University of Toronto.
8. Group B strep vaginal colonization in pregnancy. – Dr. Michael John.
9. Clinical trial to test the use of probiotics to prevent recurrence of UTI in elderly women - Marielle Beerepoot, Amsterdam, Holland.
10. Mwanza, Tanzania Western Heads east Community Kitchen project using probiotic yogurt – Dr. Gregor Reid
11. Anti-campylobacter effects of probiotics – Dr. Carole Creuzenet
12. Effects of lactobacilli on preterm labour – Maryam Yegenegi, University of Toronto
13. Genomic readouts from vaginal epithelia – Dr. Gregor Reid
14. Spina bifida children with neurogenic bladder - use of lactobacilli to reduce the reate of UTI recurrences - Dr. Michael Hsieh, Houston, Texas.
15. Use of lactobacilli to determine if there are detectable anti-inflammatory effects of clinical significance in arthritis.
16. Whole genomic sequence analysis of four lactobacilli.

Western Heads East, Tanzania – probiotic yogurt for AIDS, malnutrition
(link to photo of Western Heads East Project - 507kb jpg)
(link to brochure of Western Heads East Project - 2.16mb pdf)