Accelerating NCSU Research Commercialization of Ummino's Revolutionary Prebiotic
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Organization
Ummino
Award Date
Award Amount
500,000
Program Name
Strategic Growth Loan
Program Category
Business Financing
Principal Investigator
Charles Dykes
Fiscal Year
2025
Region
Research Triangle
Project Description:
Ummino of Durham received a $500,000 Strategic Growth Loan to support regulatory approval, pilot production, validation and quality assurance of its novel process for manufacturing human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) at scale. HMOs are simple sugars in breast milk that can help develop the immune system, resist pathogens and improve brain development and function.