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Scientists have identified a genetic link between endometriosis and several digestive disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome .
They also identified specific regions of the genome that contain key gene variants linked to both endometriosis and each of these GI conditions. In the future, the genetic data could be used to help make new drugs or repurpose existing ones to treat GI problems and endometriosis simultaneously, the researchers wrote in their report.
To uncover the links between endometriosis and gut diseases, the study authors first looked at data from 188,461 women in the U.K. Biobank, a large repository of health and genetic data from U.K. adults. The authors found that, compared with women without endometriosis, women with the disease were twice as likely to also have a diagnosis of IBS, a cluster of symptoms that affect the digestive system, as well as 1.
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