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Repurposed cancer drugs may help repair gut barrier in Crohn's disease
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University of Houston biologists have contributed to a potential breakthrough in treating Crohn's disease by shifting the clinical focus from symptom management to addressing a primary underlying cause of the condition. Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease affecting approximately a million Americans, involves a cycle where the immune system attacks the epithelial lining, disrupting the "gut barrier." When this lining is damaged and fails to repair itself, the barrier is lost and
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