Research Blog

This blog has been compiled by 5 trainee paediatric gastroenterologists who are all actively involved in research into paediatric inflammatory bowel disease:

Dr Fiona Cameron, University of Edinburgh (CICRA fellow)
Dr Ed Giles, Queen Mary University of London (CICRA fellow)
Dr Richard Hansen, University of Aberdeen
Dr Paul Henderson, University of Edinburgh
Dr Tony Wiskin, University of Southampton (ex-CICRA fellow)

Links are provided to the free abstracts of each article, but full access may require a fee for those without institutional privileges.

Latest Blog

21.04.13

Good bug might not be good after all in Crohn’s disease

This part-CICRA funded study looked at overall bacterial diversity in biopsies from the colon of 11 children with Crohn’s disease, 11 with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 12 who had a normal colon and no evidence of IBD. The study used a method called next-generation sequencing to identify the top 11,000 bacteria present in each patient [...]

	24.02.13	5-ASA drugs effective in mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis

	25.11.12	Controlling inflammation in the gut – not all T cells are created equal

	19.09.12	1/2 of children may lose response to infliximab or adalimumab after 5 years

	04.07.12	Numbers of new childhood IBD cases on the up…

	25.04.12	Oral Bacteria Differences in Crohns and UC

	01.04.12	More than genes? It’s all down to expression

	11.03.12	IBD white blood cell patterns may reflect the severity of disease

	03.03.12	What’s the STORI? When to stop infliximab?

	09.02.12	Does the immune system go to “school” in the gut?

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