CCFA to develop world's largest Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis research database

(The Helmsley Charitable Trust) The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) announces a three-year, $17.5 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to establish an integrated knowledge platform designed to centralize and aggregate patient information -- with linked biosamples -- across multiple research efforts. The new initiative, called IBD Plexus, is designed to speed progress toward precision medicine through novel research, leading to better diagnostics, treatments and, ultimately, cures for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, also known as inflammatory bowel diseases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news