Oral intake of Streptococcus thermophilus improves knee osteoarthritis degeneration: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study

This preliminary clinical study demonstrates the possibility of a new species of probiotic for improvement of the degeneration of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). TCI633 (Streptococcus thermophilus) is a newly founded bacterium from human breast milk, and it is able to produce hyaluronate (HA) in gastroin...

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Main Authors: Jia-Ling Lyu, Ting-Ming Wang, Yen-Hao Chen, Shu-Ting Chang, Ming-Shiang Wu, Yung-Hao Lin, Yung-Hsiang Lin, Chen-Meng Kuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020306022