Crohn's Disease News

From butterflies in your stomach before giving a big speech at work to an ulcer that acts up whenever things get tough, our gastrointestinal health seems to be intimately connected to our emotions.

An arthritis therapy appears to increase the risk of tuberculosis in certain patients, French researchers have found.

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine identified a novel link between ITCH, a gene known to regulate inflammation in the body and NOD2, a gene which causes the majority of genetic Crohn's Disease diagnoses.

Alyssa Olsen calls it her death sentence. Olsen is fighting for her life and her insurance company, who has denied her requests for a transplant.

Main Category: Immune System / Vaccines Also Included In: Irritable-Bowel Syndrome ; Conferences ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 09 Jul 2009 - 2:00 PDT ChemoCentryx, Inc.

Zarlink Semiconductor announced that it has shipped over one million custom RF integrated circuits for use in Given Imaging's PillCam SB video capsules for wireless examination of the gastrointestinal tract.

Jul 7, 2009 - Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. , a bio-therapeutics company dedicated to the commercialization of unrelated donor-patient cell therapy products for a variety of disorders, announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase I clinical trial of the Company's allogeneic placental-derived adherent stromal cell product, ...

COURAGEOUS Crohn's disease sufferer Krystyna Kraus is raising key charity cash to help others facing a similar plight.

In patients with Crohn's disease, contrast-enhanced ultrasound can accurately assess disease activity, according to a study published in the July issue of Gastroenterology .

Diagnosis of vulvar ulcers involves evaluation of lesion morphology in correlation with the setting and other clinical findings, and it is relatively easy because ancillary lab testing is usually not necessary and the differential diagnosis comprises a short list, says Libby Edwards, M.D., clinical associate professor of dermatology, University of ...

There are a specific type of protein known as AMP's . These types of proteins are found in plants, invertebrates and vertebrates.

Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

A unit of Johnson & Johnson said Monday that a federal jury has ordered Abbott Laboratories to pay $1.67 billion in a patent infringement suit over the companies' rheumatoid arthritis drugs.

Research into a cure for inflammatory bowel disease will be getting a boost. This year's Heel 'n' Wheel-a-Thon, held Saturday by the Thunder Bay chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, raised $7,000. The money goes to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada, and 90 per cent will go toward research, local chapter president Terri Carter ...

A special group of local kids had a great summer camp experience this week, and they didn't let chronic illness get in the way.

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 The National Institutes of Health has awarded scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

SENIOR doctors in Britain have expressed concern over the number of Britons suffering from non-fatal illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and kidney disease who have used the Swiss suicide service, Dignitas.

June 24, 2009 Pharmaceutical business intelligence firm Cutting Edge Information announces the launch of its latest therapeutic area study, which provides forecasts for the autoimmune market.

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. today announced six-month interim data from a Phase II clinical trial evaluating Prochymal, the Company's proprietary formulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells, for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 5:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Neovacs, a biotechnology company developing proprietary immunotherapeutics for autoimmune and chronic diseases, announced that subject to regulatory consent, it plans to ...