Bloom Harnesses Gut-Brain Axis To Develop ‘Bugs As Drugs’ For Rare Neurological Disease

Emerging Company Profile: Bloom Science
Gut Microbes Modulate Neuroinflammation And Neuroactive Molecules • Source: Shutterstock
Key Takeaways:
  • Bloom’s lead candidate, BL-001, comprises two microbes that replicate the antiepileptic effects of the ketogenic diet.

  • The program has completed Phase I development with Phase II studies planned in seizures due to Dravet syndrome and ALS.

  • Bloom also has a preclinical program that addresses oxidative stress in ALS to slow disease progression.

Bloom Science, Inc

The US firm was founded in 2018 by CEO Christopher Reyes, a biophysicist by training who started his entrepreneurial career heading up the Biogen, Inc. spinout Eclipse Therapeutics

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