title: New therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Medical therapy of IBD has made remarkable progress in recent years, driven forward by new knowledge about mechanisms of disease and advances in biotechnology. As we continue to learn about how best to use the agents currently in our hands, the addition of new drugs will further improve outcomes, and will bring new insights into the fundamental causes of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: MGH Crohn's and Colitis Center, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA. bsands@partners.org
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Sands
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*