StrainSifter is a tool that is able to identify the relatedness of a blood-borne infection to the gut microbiome using single-nucleotide variant data.
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V.G. is an inventor on a US patent application (PCT/US17/53.717) submitted by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that covers methods to enhance immune checkpoint blockade responses by modulating the microbiome. V.G. reports honoraria from EXCEL CME and Kansas Society of Clinical Oncology and consultancy fees from MicrobiomeDX and ExpertConnect. R.R.J. is on the scientific advisory board for Seres Therapeutics, Inc., has consulted for Ziopharm Oncology, MicrobiomeDx and Merck, and holds patents licensed to Seres Therapeutics, Inc.
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Gopalakrishnan, V., Jenq, R.R. Implicating or exonerating the gut microbiome in blood-borne infection. Nat Med 24, 1788–1789 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-018-0270-9
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