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March 25, 2015March 25, 2015

TxCell Receives US Patent For Ovasave To Treat IBD

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A key patent was recently granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to TxCell SA for its lead product Ovasave® to address inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The patent will protect Ovasave until 2030. TxCell SA ... Read more

March 23, 2015

Delayed Growth in Children May Be a Sign of IBD, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Pediatricians Caution

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According to researchers at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, symptoms in children such as a delay in growth, weight loss, failure to gain weight, or persistent stomach pain with diarrhea or ... Read more

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015

Younger Immigrant Children in Canada Found to Be at Higher Risk for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Canada recently showed that children of immigrants to Canada have an increased ... Read more

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Pediatric IBD Program Helps Children Cope with Disease

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is one of the main focuses at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, part of a national network that works to improve treatment for pediatric IBD patients. The program ... Read more

March 16, 2015March 16, 2015

ASGE and AGA Publish Statements on IBD-Related Dysplasia Treatment

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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released a series of recommendations regarding dysplasia associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The document published in the journal GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ... Read more

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015

Two Specific Proteins Allow the Exclusion of IBD in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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A new study led by researchers at University of Michigan Health System recently analyzed the importance of several screening tests to exclude the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in ... Read more

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015

New Genetic Variants Discovered in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal Cancer Risk

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In a recent study published in the journal BMC Genomics, researchers from Chicago were able to identify new genetic variants in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer risk. The research ... Read more

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015

Modern Humans Share Disease-Associated Genetic Variants Like Crohn’s with Ancient Neanderthals And Denisovans

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Scientists at the State University of New York at Buffalo have discovered that genetic variations associated with certain modern medical disorders reach back to distant antiquity, predating the Neanderthals and ... Read more

March 9, 2015July 6, 2015

Researchers Find Widely-Used Food Additive Promotes IBD, Crohns, Colitis, Obesity And Metabolic Syndrome

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A team of researchers led by Drs. Benoit Chassaing and Andrew T. Gewirtz of Georgia State University’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences have determined that a common food additive can aggravate development ... Read more

February 25, 2015September 28, 2016

Scientists Discover Inflammation-Driving Gene Linked to IBD

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A research team at Duke University Medical Center led by Michel Bagnat identified a gene called uhrf1 that regulates tumor necrosis factor (TNF) levels in the gut. The study entitled, “Epigenetic control ... Read more