Fighting gut infections helps prevent Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Breakthrough technique for treating inflammatory disease
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12 November 2021Fighting gut infections helps prevent Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
A research team at the Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal has shown that genes present in specific intestinal cells protect against the development of inflammatory bowel diseases. Published today in the scientific journal Genome Medicine, the study results show that more than a dozen of these genes, which contribute to the development of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, help fight viral and bacterial infections.
