A Pair Of Discoveries Helps Unravel Complex Genetics Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

[Guest guest]

Forwarded from a Google News Alert. Information on genetic discoveries

concerning ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which are inflammatory bowel

diseases, and therefore may have some relation to autism.

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A Pair Of Discoveries Helps Unravel Complex Genetics Of Inflammatory Bowel

Disease

> Science Daily (press release)

> Researchers at s Hopkins have linked versions of two different genes

> with the inflammatory bowel diseases known as Crohn's disease and ulcerative

> colitis. ...

> <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031222065711.htm>

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And while we're at it, here's evidence for a bacterial link to Crohn's.

LINK between Crohn's disease and refrigerators

HealthandAge.com

French doctors hypothesize that maybe bacteria in refrigerated food play

in important role in Crohn's disease. It is already known ...

<http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=1!gid1=5285;!-2097068708!174479239!7537!703\

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Wishing you well in the new year,

Tony