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John Damianos

John Damianos

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow at Mayo Clinic, gut microbiome researcher, and Scientific Advisory Committee member for AEProbio

Aug 10, 2026

16:02
turn it over to Dr. Damianos, if I said that right, for the more scientific piece of this presentation.
16:14
All righty.
16:15
Well, thank you, Jeffrey, so much for inviting me today.
16:17
And thank you, Kate, for that overview.
16:19
That was a really helpful roadmap, I think, of a lot of the often confusing terminology that's in this space.
16:27
Are you able to see my screen here? Excellent.
16:31
So let's dive right into it.

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31:49
Where are we on the science in this space?
31:53
That's a really important question, and it's somewhat of a black box.
31:58
A-a-and I say somewhat because it's very difficult to truly suss out effects of, of therapies that patients are on, a-and this is true with any therapy for, for years and years and years.
32:14
So there are a few things which I think provide optimism, and there are also a few things that I think should make us a little bit cautious.
32:26
And I'll begin with the, the optimistic things.
32:32
One is which we live in a time where probiotic clinical trials are exploding.
32:40
There's so much enthusiasm and excitement about probiotics, and there are many, many clinical trials, and there's, uh, there's...

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Dr. Damianos, tell me, tell us your clinical experience.

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