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Pfizer is funding the study. You still can't get the interpreted results from 23andme (the government shut them down for that) but other sources let you interpret them for free or $5.
We believe DNA may play a critical role in IBD treatment. Genetics has started playing a larger role in medicine over the past few years. And genetics could provide insight as to why some people are more likely to get IBD and why people respond differently to treatment options and drugs.
Our goal.
To find a better way to treat IBD through genetics. By partnering with Pfizer (a manufacturer developing new drugs to treat IBD) on this first study, we will work together to learn how your genes and your environment could play a role in IBD drug treatment, and how they relate to IBD risk and progression.
Our research objective is to understand the genetic associations found between IBD patients' DNA and their disease, and apply this understanding to Pfizer's drug development efforts.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
In Aus, anyone diagnosed with IBD/long term ibs gets the celiac genetic panel testing for free via the Medicare system.
How much info does this test provide?
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
I think it's a pretty complete test. I did it right when the FDA shut them down for interpreting it. I got the ancestry info from them and then used Promethease.com to interpret the rest. I'm still trying to figure it all out. 23andme has applied to the FDA to again be able to interpret their own test but it's a very slow process.
With MC we still apparently remain a nonentity. :(
