Novel genetic finding offers new avenue for future Crohn's disease treatment
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine identified a novel link between ITCH, a gene known to regulate inflammation in the body and NOD2, a gene which causes the majority of genetic Crohn's Disease diagnoses.
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