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
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.