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  What is the scope of gastroenterology in next mellinnium and what are the molecular basis of the diseases. How to approach to the problems.
Dear Khaleel,
I'm pleased that you are interested in gastroenterology and the directions the subspecialty is taking in future years. It would be difficult to provide you with a detailed answer to your question, however, I will outline a few topics that you may want to look up in a medical textbook.
1. Screening for hereditary hemochromatosis-genetic testing is available to screen relatives of an index case
2. Genetics of colon cancer- adenoma-carcinoma sequence, molecular development of colon cancer, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and mismatch repair genes
3. Regulating Gastrointestinal Motor Function- nitric oxide found to be an important vasodilator in the enteric nervous system, achalasia, pyloric stenosis and Hirschprung's disease as models for abnormalities of nitric oxide dependent nerves; increased research in studying gastrointestinal motility and experimenting with gastric pacemakers and electrogastrography.
I hope you find this information helpful.
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