Let's Talk About Health: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Bench to Bedside The chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are now common causes of ill health in the developed world, affecting between 1:100 and 1:200 of the population. In Scotland the incidence is especially high amongst children and young adults, indeed amongst the highest in the world. Whilst new therapies targeting the immune system are being developed, there is a real need to understand the primary mechanisms involved in disease causation, in order to move towards prevention and cure. It is clear that both genetic and environmental factors are involved in the disease process. Over the last 25 years the genetic factors have been increasingly well characterised and the emphasis in basic research now lies on dissecting the importance of diet, the intestinal micro-organisms, and other environmental factors in the course of disease, and the mechanisms involved in these gene-environmental interactions. Join us to hear about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes interact with our environment to cause these chronic diseases. Speakers Professor Jack Satsangi, and Dr Elaine Nimmo, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, The University of Edinburgh Nov 16 2016 17.30 - 18.30 Let's Talk About Health: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Bench to Bedside Join us to hear about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes interact with our environment to cause chronic diseases such as Crohn's and colitis. Queen's Medical Research Institute 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ GB
Let's Talk About Health: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Bench to Bedside The chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are now common causes of ill health in the developed world, affecting between 1:100 and 1:200 of the population. In Scotland the incidence is especially high amongst children and young adults, indeed amongst the highest in the world. Whilst new therapies targeting the immune system are being developed, there is a real need to understand the primary mechanisms involved in disease causation, in order to move towards prevention and cure. It is clear that both genetic and environmental factors are involved in the disease process. Over the last 25 years the genetic factors have been increasingly well characterised and the emphasis in basic research now lies on dissecting the importance of diet, the intestinal micro-organisms, and other environmental factors in the course of disease, and the mechanisms involved in these gene-environmental interactions. Join us to hear about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes interact with our environment to cause these chronic diseases. Speakers Professor Jack Satsangi, and Dr Elaine Nimmo, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, The University of Edinburgh Nov 16 2016 17.30 - 18.30 Let's Talk About Health: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Bench to Bedside Join us to hear about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes interact with our environment to cause chronic diseases such as Crohn's and colitis. Queen's Medical Research Institute 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ GB
Nov 16 2016 17.30 - 18.30 Let's Talk About Health: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Bench to Bedside Join us to hear about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes interact with our environment to cause chronic diseases such as Crohn's and colitis.
