Breakthrough experimental therapy to treat colon cancer, chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 21:00
in Health & Medicine
A groundbreaking experimental therapy has been discovered that has the ability to suppress the development of ulcerative colitis (UC), a disease which causes inflammation in the digestive tract and colon cancer. The treatment utilizes a chemical inhibitor able to block an RNA molecule (microRNA-214) involved in the transmission of genetic information.