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UCB's Cimzia: FDA-Approved for Chron's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 24, 2008
With no cure and still of unknown cause - Crohn's disease - is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects more than 1 million men and women worldwide.
Chron's disease can cause diarrhea, fever, rectal bleeding, malnutrition , narrowing of the intestinal tract, obstruc...
New Findings from The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 13, 2007
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium has published new findings on the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease Nature Genetics .
The £9 million study is one of the UK's largest and most successful academic collaborations to da...
Interleukin Gene Linked to Crohn's Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 27, 2006
A group of scientists forming IBD Genetics Consortium have identified a new gene linked to the developement of Crohn's disease , also known as ulcerative colitis , or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). After testing more than 300,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, in people w...
Ulcerative Colitis Responds to Arthritis Drug Infliximab (Remicade)
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 19, 2006
A controlled clinical study involving 860 patients showed that infliximab (brand name: Remicade ), a drug currently used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, is also effective as an alternative treatment for ulcerative colitis .
"For people with active ulcerative col...