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inflammatory bowel disease
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Synlogic is also developing more complicated switches with multiple inputs and outputs to use in therapies for inflammatory bowel disease, says Collins. — Eric Smalley, Discover Magazine, "Cellular Cyborgs: How Programmable DNA Strands Might Control Healing," 25 Sep. 2018 Monday, researchers from the Broad (brohd) Institute reported the system so far can measure risk for coronary artery disease, Type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, breast cancer and an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation. — Lauran Neergaard, The Seattle Times, "Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more," 13 Aug. 2018 The new paper also identified that polygenic risk scores could be useful in finding people most at risk for developing diabetes, breast cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "How scientists are trying to predict your future with your genes," 23 Aug. 2018 When autophagy’s essential genes are mutated and the process goes wrong, diseases from cancer to inflammatory bowel disease to Parkinson’s can result. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, "Is it time to target autophagy to treat disease?," 14 June 2018 When researchers chemically induced inflammatory bowel disease in another group of mice, those exposed to real-world levels of triclosan suffered increased damage to the colon and more-severe symptoms of colitis than did other mice. — Melissa Healy, Washington Post, "Triclosan wreaks havoc on the guts of mice," 8 June 2018 High risk factors include: Personal history of colon polyps or inflammatory bowel diseaseFamily history of colorectal cancer, polyps, or hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome Q: What are signs and symptoms for colon cancer? — The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati.com, "Service volunteer beats cancer with the help of some familiar faces," 26 Apr. 2018 The new list now includes conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, obsessive compulsive disorder, and Parkinson’s, which will all go into effect immediately. — Erin Corbett, Fortune, "Michigan Approves 11 New Conditions for Medical Marijuana Treatment," 11 July 2018 Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation in the lining of your your digestive tract, which can spread deeper into your digestive tissues, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Korin Miller, SELF, "10 Crohn’s Disease Symptoms, From Diarrhea to Beyond," 13 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inflammatory bowel disease.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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