Krumbeck, Janina A.
Rasmussen, Heather E.
Hutkins, Robert W.
Clarke, Jennifer
Shawron, Krista
Keshavarzian, Ali
Walter, Jens https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1754-172X
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Agriculture (#2012-67017-19344)
Nebraska Research Initiative
Article History
Received: 21 February 2018
Accepted: 6 June 2018
First Online: 28 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at RUMC in February of 2012, and all procedures were conducted according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki. This trial was registered at, identifier NCT02355210 (registered February 4, 2015—retrospectively registered,).
: RWH is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics. RWH and JW have received research funding from industry sources involved in the manufacture and marketing of probiotics, prebiotics, and dietary fibers. RWH and JW are co-owners of Synbiotics Solutions, a developer of synbiotic products that involve strain <i>Bifidobacterium adlolescentis</i> IVS-1. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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