News tagged with bowel disease

Identification of genetic markers for ulcerative colitis could lead to treatment

An international consortium of researchers, including major contribution from a team led by Dr. John D. Rioux, a professor of medicine at the Université de Montréal and the Montreal Heart Institute, has identified ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Converting adult somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells using a single virus

A Boston University School of Medicine-led research team has discovered a more efficient way to create induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells, derived from mouse fibroblasts, by using a single virus vector instead of multiple ...

Biology /

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New genetic markers for ulcerative colitis identified

An international team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis. The findings, which appear today as an advance online publication ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0