Wilkes University Student Aleona Chinikaylo of Dallas, Pa., Researches Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2013 Jul 25

Aleona Chinikaylo of Dallas, Pa., is one of seven Wilkes University students spending the summer semester researching treatment therapies for inflammatory bowel disease. The students are studying a protein deficiency in sick mice to prove that the protein Thrombospondin-1 eases the disease's symptoms. Linda Gutierrez, assistant professor of biology, Valerie Kalter, associate professor of biology, and Zenaida Lopez-Dee, lab consultant, are leading the students' research.

Chinikaylo is a senior biology major and the daughter of Mikhail and Tamara Chinikaylo.