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.