News tagged with digestive juices

Preventing home invasions means fighting side-by-side for coral-dwelling crabs and shrimp

As any comic book lover knows, when superheroes band together the bad guys fall harder. The strength that comes in numbers is greater than the sum of its parts.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hemostatic powder stops bleeding ulcers: doctor

A new material similar to that used by the U.S. Military to treat traumatic injuries is showing promise as the next novel treatment for bleeding ulcers, a condition that commonly affects up to 15 per cent of adults, according ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn

Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Salmonella Spills its Secrets on the Space Shuttle

Salmonella, what's gotten into you? Researchers have been asking themselves this question ever since Salmonella bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent than S ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0