Malabsorption News

A new immunotherapy company, Celimmune LLC, plans to focus on clinical development of novel treatments for celiac and other autoimmune diseases, according to a press release.

The overall prevalence of celiac disease in the United States has increased between 1988 and 2012 and is more common in whites, whereas blacks are more likely to adopt a gluten-free diet without a diagnosis of celiac disease, according to data from a recent population-based, cross-sectional study.

Results from a prospective, multinational study indicate that age at first introduction to gluten is not an independent risk factor for celiac disease.

Clinical diagnoses of celiac disease among children older than 2 years have increased nearly threefold during the past 2 decades in the United Kingdom, primarily in less socioeconomically deprived areas, according to new research data.

The immune systems of patients with celiac disease reacted to specific nongluten proteins found in wheat in addition to gluten, according to new research.

Women with celiac disease did not have clinically recorded fertility problems more frequently than women without celiac disease, according to new research data.

Narrow band imaging accurately predicted duodenal villous morphology in celiac disease with high sensitivity and negative predictive value, according to data presented at UEG Week.

Abnormal intestinal microbiota was associated with gastrointestinal symptoms that persisted in patients with celiac disease despite adhering to a long-term gluten-free diet, according to new research data.

A new market research report has estimated that the prevalence of celiac disease will increase to more than 8 million cases in the six major markets over the next 10 years, according to a press release.

Exposing infants with high risk for celiac disease to gluten at age 4 to 6 months did not reduce risk for developing the disease by age 3 years, according to recent study data.