New partnership announced to develop first prognostic tests for pediatric Crohn’s disease – EurekAlert

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, the leading non-profit organization focused on both research and patient support for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has entered into a partnership with LifeArc, an independent medical research charity that advances translation of early science into health care treatments or diagnostics, to potentially develop the first clinical lab test to predict disease course in pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease and response to treatment. A prognostic test which could…

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