| Interventions |
Samples will be collected from current Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients undergoing follow-up/routine endoscopy. The Gastroenterologist will collect up to 12 small biopsy samples from the bowel during your colonoscopy; of the 12 small samples 5 will be used as standard clinical care the other 7 samples will be frozen and used as part of our research and stored at The University of Newcastle School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy for analysis. The size of the biopsy is small, ranging in size between 2-4mm each. Biopsies will be taken from the ileum, ascending colon, descending colon and biopsies from any inflamed areas and non-inflamed areas of the colon. Thus the sample collection will not involve any additional processes to what the participant will already being undergoing. Participants will be recruited during procedures and will not be contacted post care. |