Establishment of Therapeutically Relevant Animal Models and Markers for Crohn's Disease

克罗恩病是一种毁灭性的终身疾病，影响着世界0.5%的人口。迫切的经济和社会需要开发新的和更好的药物来治疗这种使人衰弱的疾病的症状和根本原因。社会效益包括患者生活质量的提高，对社会产生积极影响。经济效益包括研究成果商业化带来的收入，以及该项目为生物技术部门创造的高价值就业机会。

Crohn's disease is a devastating life long disease, affecting 0.5% of the world population. There is urgent economic and social need to develop new and better drugs to treat the symptoms and underlying cause of this debilitating disease. Social benefits include the improved quality of life of sufferers that positively impacts society. Economic benefit includes income derived from commercialisation of research outcomes and the contribution this project makes to high value employment in the biotechnology sector.