JANUARY 2, 2024

IBS Shares Genetic Makeup With Psychiatric Disorders

Irritable bowel syndrome may share a more similar genetic basis with psychiatric disorders than with gastrointestinal ones, according to new research.

The investigators said these connections reinforce the disease’s standing as a disorder of gut–brain interaction and that their research could aid providers in more fully understanding disease phenotypes and potential treatment targets.

The researchers used statistics from a recent genome-wide