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Clinical Experts in Gastrointestinal Treatment and Care
Clinical researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center use the most advanced equipment available to treat and study a variety of gastrointestinal disorders and symptoms. Access our experts and resources to advance your study in gastroenterology.
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Wake Forest Baptist is home to the Digestive Health Center, which includes the Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic, Endoscopy Center, Gastrointestinal Neuromuscular Disorders Center, Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Center and Advanced Endoscopy Services. The Digestive Health Center performs over 12,000 procedures per year and has recently been ranked among the top such institutions in the U.S. Our researchers specialize in adult and pediatric gastroenterology.
Researchers at the Digestive Health Center are highly active in clinical research and conduct numerous clinical trials each year. Test your novel therapeutics with our experts in inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease and neuromuscular and motility disorders. In addition to studying therapeutic solutions, our researchers will test new diagnostic methods or nutritional interventions for gastrointestinal diseases.
Key Areas of Research
- Colorectal cancer screening and treatment
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Esophageal disorders and gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Gastrointestinal neuromuscular and motility disorders
- Gastrointestinal oncology
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Liver disease
- Nutrition
- Pancreatobiliary disease
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Whether a specific animal model or a unique clinical strength, find specialized and targeted research expertise available at Wake Forest Baptist by searching the catalog below. Or to learn about the primary disease areas we research, explore our Therapeutic Areas pages.
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Carbon Nanotube Mediated Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist have developed an application of near-infrared radiation stimulated multiwalled carbon nanotubes for brain tumors.
Carbon Nanotube Mediated Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors
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NHP Population for Testing Cancer Immunotherapies
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a unique cancer research program for studying cancer immunotherapies.
NHP Population for Testing Cancer Immunotherapies
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Assess Drug Abuse Liability in a NHP Model
Assess the abuse liability of your therapeutic with an experienced addiction research program that uses a FDA-compliant socially-housed nonhuman primate model.
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Novel Assay Measuring Polarity for Breast Cancer Risk
Commercialize a potential high throughput assay that can be used for diagnostic evaluation of breast cancer risk or to screen investigational oncology drugs.
Novel Assay Measuring Polarity for Breast Cancer Risk
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A Nonhuman Primate Model for Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity
Discover a nonhuman primate model for testing whether your novel therapeutic can mitigate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.
A Nonhuman Primate Model for Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity
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New Approaches to Prevent Radiation-Induced Bone Fractures
Wake Forest Innovations offers industry partners access to a novel method for monitoring radiation therapy-induced bone loss through the use of clinical cortical thickness and radiation dose mapping.
New Approaches to Prevent Radiation-Induced Bone Fractures
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Weight Management Center: Gateway to Clinical Obesity-related Research
The Weight Management Center at Wake Forest Baptist provides access to diverse patient populations and interdisciplinary medical experts for research in obesity and its comorbidities.
Weight Management Center: Gateway to Clinical Obesity-related Research
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Nonhuman Primates: A translational model for NASH
Test your novel therapeutics for the mitigation of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in nonhuman primates, an ideal model for translational research.
Nonhuman Primates: A translational model for NASH
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