Well they learn something new everyday.
The immune system is so complex,not sure they will ever unravel our problem.
You would have thunk by now with all the new knowledge we would have a cure.
All the divergent paths lead to pretty much squat, so far.
Perhaps they really need to re-evaluate the initial cause more, and look into emerging countries
where the IBD rate is still low but increasing,before they are all westernized.
Even has something to do I suspect with some of Marks comments in my holy grail thread,on how cells die.
Old Mike
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-link-cell-death-inflammatory-disease.html
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-cell-death-protein-anti-inflammatory-drug.html#inlRlv
TNF-a at it again
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21921917
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24322838
looks like MLKL needs to be switched off
http://www.everydayhealth.com/ulcerative-colitis/researchers-target-new-enzyme-for-treatment-of-inflammatory-conditions.aspx
Caspase-8
http://hedricklab.ucsd.edu/documents/Gunther-Nature.pdf
Post Edited (Old Mike) : 5/13/2014 10:49:13 AM (GMT-6)