Pioneering the next generation of pulmonary medicine and microbiome science

Changes in microbial signatures of the lungs and airways are associated with worsening chronic respiratory disease and persistent inflammation. As such, Alveolus Bio is focused on harnessing the anti-inflammatory power of commensal bacteria strains and their byproducts for inhaled delivery straight to the target tissue: the lungs.

Origin Story

Alveolus Bio began in Dr. Vivek Lal’s Pulmonary Microbiome Lab and Dr. Amit Gaggar’s Program in Lung Protease and Matrix Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

The collaborating scientists published groundbreaking research on the neonatal lung microbiome, and became one of the first to conduct gain and loss of function studies on underlying mechanisms of neutraphillic inflammation and the extracellular matrix of the lung.

Scientific Team

Alveolus Bio’s scientific team and advisors have expertise across a spectrum of chronic respiratory diseases from Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, to Cystic Fibrosis, to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.