Genetic links to bowel disease
TWO large genetic studies have found new clues to the causes of serious bowel diseases which could lead to better treatments.
The research looked at the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease – which affects one in 1,250 people.
A study in Nature Genetics, which included researchers at Edinburgh University, scanned the genetic make-up of more than 3,400 patients, including 500 in Scotland, with childhood IBD. Researchers found five new genetic regions linked to childhood IBD and another study found three to ulcerative colitis.
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