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October 12, 2017

Compounds That Target CARD9 Protein May Be Way to Treat Bowel Diseases, Study Reports

News

Developing small-molecule compounds that can disrupt the normal functioning of the inflammation-promoting CARD9 protein could be a way to treat bowel diseases, a study reports. The protein helps the body ... Read more

September 4, 2015September 28, 2016

Genetic Overlapping in IBD, Other Autoimmune Diseases May Suggest Potential For Common Therapies

IBD News, News

A team of scientists led by Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Center for Applied Genomics in a ... Read more

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014

Discovery of Complex Genetic Starting Points of Autoimmune Diseases Like IBD Could Lead To Improved Therapies

IBD News, News

In a new study entitled “Genetic and epigenetic fine mapping of causal autoimmune disease variants” and published in the Nature journal, the authors discovered how variations within the DNA, when inherited, ... Read more