Beth McCormick, John Haran work with Kaleido Biosciences to explore link between microbiome and COVID-19
Date Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020
UMass Chan Medical School investigators John P. Haran, MD, PhD, and Beth McCormick, PhD, have teamed up with Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. to research the role of the microbiome in patients who are positive for SARs-CoV-2 infection with mild-to-moderate COVID-19. The study, which is being conducted in collaboration with Dr. Haran and researchers at the UMass Center for Microbiome Research, plans to enroll 400 outpatients with SARs-CoV-2 to evaluate Kaleido’s microbiome metabolic therapy candidate added to supportive self-care.