New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) A team of researchers has linked a specific gene in the ulcerative colitis (UC) disease to an increased risk of colon cancer. Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that afflicts an estimated five million people worldwide and that is linked to an increased risk of colon cancer. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, points to a new way to stop the disease from progressing. Ulcerative colitis affects the large intestine, specifically areas called “crypts,” tube-like glands within the epithelial tissue that lines the intestine. When the colon is injured, epithelial crypt cells enter a “repair mode.” However, in patients with UC and UC-rel
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