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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Researchers hope powerful new microscope will reveal ‘root cause’ of incurable bowel disease

Seated woman in white lab coat and glasses looking into a microscope.
Dr Karina Pombo-Garcia peers into a new microscope that could unlock new knowledge about bowel conditions like Crohn’s. Photograph: Adam Gasson/Rosalind Franklin Institute

The number of young people living with debilitating and incurable bowel conditions worldwide is growing, but researchers now hope a one-of-a-kind microscope will help them understand such diseases and find new treatments.

According to the British Society of Gastroenterology, more than half a million people in the UK are living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis the two main forms.

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