Progressing from genetics to function and clinical translation in Crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis
Study code
NBR11
Lead researcher
Dr Miles Parkes
Study type
Samples and data
Institution or company
University of Cambridge
Researcher type
Non-commercial
Speciality area
Gastroenterology, Genomics and Rare Diseases
Summary
The UK IBD Genetics Consortium and IBD BioResource work together closely. This research is part of a reciprocal arrangement between both. GWAS and phenotype data will be used in ongoing genetic analyses, for example to define causal variants and look at low-frequency and rare variants.