AGA recommends early use of biologics in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation (pain...
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Western diet may increase risk of gut inflammation, infection
Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase risk of...
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Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn’s disease flareups
Researchers have engineered a bacterium capable of diagnosing a human disease, a milestone in the...
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Crohn’s disease patients have specific IgG antibodies to human bacterial flagellins
Last year, researchers used a mouse model that included immune-reactive T cells from patients with...
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Common inflammatory bowel disease treatment blunts COVID-19 vaccine response, study finds
People who take a commonly-prescribed drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not assume...
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Defects in a specific cell type may cause ulcerative colitis
There are many variants of ‘goblet cells’ in the intestines and they seem to have...
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Self-assembling nanofibers prevent damage from inflammation
Biomedical engineers have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage...
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