Treatment for ulcerative colitis differs based on the individual. Where the inflammation occurs, the severity, and the preference of the patient can all influence the treatment. For those with moderate…
The 27th United European Gastroenterology Week took place in Barcelona, Spain in October, at which some of the leading experts in gastroenterology spoke about their field. One of the…
According to a story from Medical Xpress, an international team of scientist from 34 different countries are putting their heads together to identify the most effective treatments for ulcerative colitis,…
A recent article in Medical Life Science News reports that a recent study has discovered a new mechanism that interacts with an immune cell receptor called Mincle. This receptor regulates…
According to a story from Medical News Bulletin, a recent study that was first published in the New England Journal of Medicine appears to have revealed a promising new treatment for ulcerative…
The drugs for current inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients only help around 50% of patients. And some who do find relief find it short lived as remissions often occur.…
As originally reported in Cambridge Independent, inflammatory bowel diseases are about to get a boost in research after Health Data Research UK has awarded a £5 million grant to a…
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The Providence Journal recently published an article by Brittany Ricci, a student at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, detailing her year-long struggle to receive the treatment her doctor had prescribed…
Bob Hussey Bob Hussey is a 62-year-old mechanical engineer who, thanks to his own experience as an ulcerative colitis patient, has created a new invention that could help a wide…
According to a story from BioSpace, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies recently announced that the European Commission (EC) has expanded the approved indication of the company's drug ustekinumab (marketed as Stelara). This…
According to a story from health.usnews.com, a flareup of symptoms can be a time of serious distress for patients with ulcerative colitis, which is a rare type of inflammatory bowel…
According to a press release from French biotechnology company Abivax, the Company has successfully begun recruitment for its phase 2b clinical study of ABX464, its experimental once-a-day ulcerative colitis medication.…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, a team of researchers affiliated with UT Southwestern were successfully able to curtail inflammation-associated colorectal cancer in mice by precisely editing the animals' gut…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is actually a term used to classify a few different conditions. Two of these are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. These are rare…
According to a story from Ankylosing Spondylitis News, the drug Hadlima, which is a biosimilar to the drug Humira (adalimumab), was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration…
According to a story from the Broad Institute, there are still many mysteries to uncover related to inflammatory bowel diseases, which includes the rare form ulcerative colitis. The understanding of…
According to a story from news-medical.net, a team of scientists affiliated with the Swedish Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method for categorizing patients with the rare inflammatory bowel disease…
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is the overarching term for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. In Canada, there are around 270,000 individuals living with the one of…
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According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, the story begins fifty years ago with the grim statistics that a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) would not survive longer than…
Claudia Stäubert and her team of researchers at the University of Leipzig have just reported noteworthy findings which could impact the future treatment of inflammatory diseases. Lactic acid bacteria, or…
According to a story from MD Magazine, a recent study that was presented at Digestive Disease Week 2019 suggests that patients with ulcerative colitis, a rare form of inflammatory bowel…
Unknown Side Effects It's almost as if it's just a matter of time before a safety warning is issued for each new drug approved by the FDA stating an unexpected…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, a team of scientists affiliated with the University of Cambridge have pioneered a new test that could herald a new development in the treatment…
According to an article from CW associate WBCB, Dutch startup Nori Health has started open enrollment in the six-week test of its eponymous experimental chatbot, Nori. Nori aims to help…
According to a publication at BioPortfolio, Belgian researchers are developing an orally-administered antibody medication for patients living with gastrointestinal disorders. In most cases, antibodies are injected into the bloodstream for…
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