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ViThera Pharma

@vitherapharma

ViThera develops novel therapeutics for GI diseases based on engineered probiotics and lactic acid bacteria. Our first drug is a novel treatment for IBD.

 Cambridge MA
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Joined November 2012
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Read this inspiring story of a healer. In Mexico, a Healer Who Asks for Nothing in Return nyti.ms/169E8Fa via @nytimes
In Mexico, a Healer Who Asks for Nothing in Return (Published 2013)

In Mexico, a Healer Who Asks for Nothing in Return (Published 2013)

Sergio Castro, 72, is neither doctor nor priest, but he fills a gap in Mexico’s ragged safety net in health care, accepting no money from his patients, who are mostly Mayans.

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A growing role for the microbiome - long feared, now seen in mice - a possible role in cancer. newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucl… via @UCLAnewsroom

UCLA researchers find link between intestinal bacteria and white blood cell cancer

Study leads scientists to believe that modifying the bacteria content of the intestines could lessen the risk for lymphoma, and could point way to new therapies.

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Great invention - if only peripherally biotech related - love this. Sample your wine without ever removing the cork. ht.ly/nq6JX
Great party to celebrate J&J moving to Boston. Announced their best deal today partnering with @labcentral
We are thrilled to see ViThera's science reported in THE ECONOMIST: Treating disease with microbes: econ.st/Po9xh5
Vitherapharma: entering the twitterverse
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