Dr. Greg Fairn (IMAGE)

St. Michael's Hospital

Dr. Greg Fairn

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"Though we have discovered a lot regarding the impact of mutations of NOD 1 and NOD 2 on IBD, there hasn't been a satisfying reason as to why some variants cause inflammatory disease," said Dr. Greg Fairn, a scientist at the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital.

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