Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, including Celiac Disease Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member Dan Leffler, conducted a study to determine the effects of the gluten-free diet (GFD) on weight changes in celiac patients after diagnosis. The authors note that while weight gain would be welcome and expected in initially underweight patients, similar…
Continue ReadingCour Pharmaceuticals has announced a $420 million licensing deal with Takeda Pharmaceuticals following a favorable outcome of their phase 2 trial for celiac disease. The company released data from a small phase 2a study at the annual United European Gastroenterology organization meeting showing that its treatment, CNP-101, cut levels of inflammation-promoting cytokines. The technology was…
Continue ReadingParents using multiple kitchen appliances and utensils to prevent their child with celiac disease from being exposed to gluten may be able to eliminate some cumbersome steps. A new, preliminary study from Children’s National Hospital published in the journal Gastroenterology found no significant gluten transfer when tools like the same toaster or knives are used for both…
Continue ReadingCEO Marilyn G. Geller’s testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee has helped secure report language in the House’s version of the 2020 Labor-HHS-Education bill demanding that the National Institute of Health (NIH) report to Congress in 90 days on its plans to aid celiac disease patients. This acknowledgment that celiac disease is a serious condition…
Continue ReadingResearchers are collecting blood samples to help develop new diagnostics that may not require gluten ingestion or a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis.
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