NIH grant to biomedical scientist will advance research on inflammatory bowel disease

(University of California - Riverside) Declan McCole, a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has received a $1.83 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify how the loss of a protective barrier in the intestine contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uoc--ngt081117.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news