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Deficiency of immune system 'peacekeeper' pinpointed in mice as cause of ulcerative colitis
In a series of mouse experiments, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have pinpointed a specific immune deficiency as the likely fundamental cause of ulcerative colitis, a chronic, sometimes severe inflammatory disease of the colon or large intestine that afflicts half a million Americans.
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