Interesting study including a plain language summary from our #BIOMAP_IMI colleagues: https://lnkd.in/ecz4rDPp
💡 Beyond Skin, Gut, and Brain: Understanding Disease Connections by Why and How Diseases Happen, Not Just Where. We have a new plain language summary on one of our latest #BIOMAP_IMI papers (Link in comments!). Key findings: 1️⃣ A map of 500 disease relationships based on their underlying mechanisms and processes challenges traditional views of diseases, since diseases only partially fit into “organ groups”. 2️⃣ Known relationships between diseases such as #psoriasis and inflammatory bowel diseases could be replicated by this data-informed approach that does not rely on prior assumptions. 3️⃣ Inflammatory and metabolic diseases showed a link to neurodegenerative diseases, with type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's displaying an interestingly high similarity. Congratulation to our team in Finland: Lena Möbus, Dario Greco, Antonio Federico 👏