Do you think that the discovery of NOD-2 will lead to a cure for Crohns disease?
It may. It may also lead to its prevention, which would perhaps be even better. If we can identify people who have NOD-2 abnormalities before they develop Crohn’s disease, there may be interventions we could design or think about that would eliminate their development of the disease. It’s an extremely exciting time in the study of Crohn’s disease, and there will be many more genes and gene candidates that will be discovered based on some of this information.
