Pfizer to help 23andMe unravel genetic ties to bowel disease

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Pfizer to help 23andMe unravel genetic ties to bowel disease

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-help-23andme-unravel-genetic-ties-bowel-disease-175929734--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cLCCN21lCFxX4F5_O0e8NA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-12T175929Z_1_LYNXMPEA7B0RF_RTROPTP_2_ASTRAZENECA-PFIZER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in New York" align="left" title="The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>Home genetics company 23andMe on Tuesday said it hopes to uncover gene mutations linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by enrolling 10,000 people with the hard-to-treat malady and examining DNA from their donated saliva samples. The privately held company, founded in 2006 by Anne Wojcicki and backed by Google Inc, said U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc will support its latest research effort. &quot;We're hoping within a year or two to have some meaningful genetic data and that it might lead to either an improved therapy or a new therapy for IBD,&quot; said Catherine Afarian, a spokeswoman for 23andMe, which is based in Mountain View, California.</p><br clear="all"/>

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