{"671155":{"#nid":"671155","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Genetics study shines light on health disparities for IBD","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a new study,\u0026nbsp;researchers investigated whether 25 rare gene variants known to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) play a role in risk for African Americans.\u0026nbsp;While the rare variant associations were recently discovered in individuals of European ancestry, contributing to about 15% of cases, it was unknown if and how those same rare gene variants might affect risk for African Americans. Co-authors of the study are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/gregory-gibson\u0022\u003EGreg Gibson\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Regents Professor, Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, Director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cig.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Integrative Genomics\u003C\/a\u003E, and member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/bio\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E; and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/courtney-astore\u0022\u003ECourtney Astore\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Bioinformatics scholar.\u0026nbsp;(This study was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scienmag.com\/genetics-study-shines-light-on-health-disparities-for-ibd\/\u0022\u003EScienMag\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a new study,\u0026nbsp;researchers investigated whether 25 rare gene variants known to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) play a role in risk for African Americans.\u0026nbsp;While the rare variant associations were recently discovered in individuals of European ancestry, contributing to about 15% of cases, it was unknown if and how those same rare gene variants might affect risk for African Americans. Co-authors of the study are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/gregory-gibson\u0022\u003EGreg Gibson\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Regents Professor, Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, Director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cig.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Integrative Genomics\u003C\/a\u003E, and member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/bio\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E; and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/courtney-astore\u0022\u003ECourtney Astore\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Bioinformatics scholar. (This study was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scienmag.com\/genetics-study-shines-light-on-health-disparities-for-ibd\/\u0022\u003EScienMag\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-11-20 14:31:14","changed_gmt":"2023-12-18 16:39:32","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"ScienceDaily","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/11\/231116140939.htm","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"10645","name":"Greg Gibson"},{"id":"189146","name":"Courtney Astore"},{"id":"5718","name":"Genetics"},{"id":"183030","name":"irritable bowel syndrome"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}