If you have ulcerative colitis (UC), youre probably aware that inflammation causes many of its symptoms. But whats less commonly known is that its also a likely culprit behind an increased risk of ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of inflammation along the digestive tract. There are two forms of IBD, ...

Testing for somatic genomic copy number alterations (CNAs) in ulcerative colitis patients with low-grade dysplasia was able to predict risk of advanced neoplasia more accurately than other currently ...

The results of research headed by a team in the lab of Michael Sigal, MD, at the Max Delbrück Center and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, have shed new light on the role of the p53 tumor suppressor ...

Immune signaling in IBD triggers tumor-promoting neutrophils which is linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer.

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has discovered that certain sugars produced by the body play an important role in the development of colitis and, ultimately, colon cancer. The new ...

Why Do People Get a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and sores to form in the large intestine and rectum. It ...

The ‘TL1A’ messenger protein of the immune system triggers gut-to-bone marrow reaction, increasing the colorectal cancer risk ...