inflammatory bowel disease

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2026 Why Do IBD Patients Relapse Even in Remission? A WEHI-led study of roughly 900 gut biopsies from 80 people, published in Science, finds that intestinal cells in inflammatory bowel disease patients can stay primed for an inflammatory kind of cell death even during symptom-free remission — and the stronger that signal, the higher the relapse risk over the following two years. Ordinary gut lining renews itself through cell death constantly; here's what's actually different about this one, and what the study can and can't say about a healthy gut.

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