The above findings were only the humble beginnings in probiotic research. Particularly the last one decade has witnessed phenomenal advancement in probiotics research and corresponding biotechnology processes. These developments already find innovative applications. in food processing & pharmaceuticals industries and nutrition & healthcare (of not only humans, but those of domestic animals and pets too!). Thus modern research is discovering a whole new world of probiotics which seem to promise health and healing through food as Socrates had asserted. [Dr H. Ganesh, San Jose, California]
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