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ZBiotics raises funds for hangover probiotic

by Ryan Cross
March 21, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 11

 

San Francisco–based ZBiotics has raised $2.3 million in seed funding from the venture capital firm Oyster Ventures. ZBiotics has engineered Bacillus subtilis to make acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme that breaks down acetaldehyde, which some studies have linked to the hangover headache. The product is sold online. ZBiotics says the funds will help it scale up the hangover treatment and develop new engineered probiotics.

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