Mauro D’Amato • John D. Rioux
Editors

2013

If you are picking up this book for the very first time you might be asking yourself why it is entirely dedicated to the topic of the Molecular Genetics of IBD —or more specifically, why IBD and why now? The simplest answer is that research in Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), together known as the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), has truly seen a revolution in the last 5–10 years.