New insight into inflammatory bowel disease may lead to better treatments
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
A newly discovered link between bacteria and immune cells sheds light on inflammatory bowel disease, an autoimmune condition that affects 1.6 million people in the United States, according to researchers. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the most common forms of IBD, an autoimmune condition that is thought to develop based on genetic and environmental factors.