Category: News & Articles
... of a new drug to accelerate the healing process for debilitating inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr Simon Keely has shown the potential ... irreparably scarred by recurring cycles of inflammation.” With the gastrointestinal tract being the largest organ in the body – ...
Category: Research
The gastrointestinal tract is the largest organ in the body being equivalent ... has one of the highest rates of gastrointestinal disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world with the cause remaining largely unknown. ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? Understanding inflammatory gastrointestinal disease Understanding how we can manipulate gut disease behaviour to ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... interests? Investigating how tissue oxygen contributes to whether a disease resolves or progresses to chronic inflammation. How gastrointestinal inflammation contributes to disease in other organs. ... new research and new therapies for gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and food allergy. ...
Category: Research
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is the umbrella term for a group of chronic gastrointestinal diseases which include Crohn’s (CD) and ulcerative ... studies will determine the biological relevance of HIF-mediated anti-inflammatory signalling as a potential therapeutic strategy for IBD ...
Category: Research
... trying to optimise the nutrient intake and capitalise on the anti-inflammatory properties of many foods. These researchers have found that ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... Intestinal diseases (cystic fibrosis, asthma, lung cancer, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis) The role of stem cells in tissue ... Kaiko moved to the study of adult stem cells, and the microbiome in gastrointestinal disease. In the US, Dr Kaiko was a senior member of a ... 3D technology to generate adult stem cells from all areas of the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. These stem cells are cultured ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... interests? Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE for short) is a chronic disease of the oesophagus (food pipe) that causes growth and feeding ... common liver disease resulting in liver transplantation in childhood. Inflammatory bowel disease . We are exploring ways to improve the ... and outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease in children. Functional gastrointestinal disorders are common conditions that cause abdominal ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... inflammation-induced diseases of the respiratory, reproductive and gastrointestinal tracts and of the central nervous system. His major ... to better understand fundamental biological processes that influence inflammatory cells and responses in order to discover new cost-effective ... people with asthma to drive more severe, poorly controlled forms of disease and how the inter-relationship between immunity and iron ...
Category: News & Articles
Dr Bridie Goggins is a postdoctoral researcher working in the Gastrointestinal Research Group at HMRI. But (probably more famously) ... change that. Bridie's work explores two areas: IBD (Infammatory Bowel Disease) and, more recently Necrotising Enterocolitis. There's a pretty good chance that you will know someone who has Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The two most common forms of IBD are ...
