Gut podcast: Treatment of pancreatic fibrosis with siRNA

Fibrosis associated with chronic pancreatitis is an irreversible lesion that can disrupt pancreatic exocrine and endocrine function. Currently, there are no approved treatments for this disease.

In this podcast Mairi McLean, Gut education editor, talks to Professor Yoshiro Niitsu from Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine about his manuscript about the potential for therapeutic use of siRNA in the treatment of pancreatic fibrosis.

Read the full research online:

http://gut.bmj.com/content/62/9/1328