Washington D.C., Feb. 16 -- A new study now sees experts developing a technique using patients' own modified cells to treat Crohn's disease. The study which has been successful on human cells is awaiting clinical trial of the treatment in the next six months.
Researchers from the NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) developed the technique by studying white blood cells taken from patients who have Crohn's disease, and comparing them to cells of healthy people.
The research was published in the journal Gastroenterology.
Their findings allowed cell therapy specialists in the BRC to develop a treatment involving taking patients' cells, and growing them in a special culture so that they behave more like cells from healt...