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Arthur Hatt at a festival

Lab-grown ‘mini-guts’ could change how we treat Crohn’s disease

11 Jun 2024

Cambridge scientists have grown ‘mini-guts’ in the lab to help understand Crohn’s disease, showing that ‘switches’ that modify DNA in gut cells play...

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Dr James Lee

New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

03 May 2019

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new test that can reliably predict the future course of inflammatory bowel disease in...

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Histopathological image of the active stage of ulcerative colitis. Endoscopic biopsy. Hematoxylin & eosin stain.

Scientists explore using stem cells to treat inflammatory bowel disease

18 Oct 2013

Research paves way for new therapies for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease

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