News tagged with pylori infection

Closing in on an ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium

A research team led by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is releasing study results this week showing how a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes more than half of peptic ulcers worldw ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers find that common stomach pathogen may protect against tuberculosis

It's been implicated as the bacterium that causes ulcers and the majority of stomach cancers, but studies by researchers at Stanford University, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh have found that Helicobacter py ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common stomach bacteria may fight off inflammatory bowel disease caused by Salmonella

Helicobacter pylori, a common stomach bacterium, reduced the severity of inflammation of the colon caused by Salmonella in mice, according to research from U-M Medical School scientists.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clinical trial backs use of special yogurt to fight stomach ulcer bacteria

Results of the first human clinical studies confirm that a new yogurt fights the bacteria that cause gastritis and stomach ulcers with what researchers describe as almost vaccine-like effects, scientists in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Glutamine supplements show promise in treating stomach ulcers

Nearly 20 years ago, it was discovered that bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori were responsible for stomach ulcers. Since then, antibiotics have become the primary therapy used to combat the H. pylori infection, which affects ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Stomach bacteria need vitamin to establish infection

Scientists have determined that Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes peptic ulcers and some forms of stomach cancer, requires the vitamin B6 to establish and maintain chronic infection, according to research published ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Protein interaction network can respond Helicobacter pylori infection?

Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) is a gram negative bacterium which infects about 50% of the world population. H pylori colonization causes a strong systemic immune response. Various tools have been employed to identify the rela ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new explanation of 'Asian paradox'

There is abundant evidence of an association between Helicobacter pylori chronic infection and gastric cancer. The incidence of gastric cancer is much higher in Japan than Indonesia. A research from Indonesia and Japan found ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Helicobacter pylori and EBV in gastric carcinomas

Mechanisms of gastric carcinogenesis are still not yet understood. Studies have linked genetic and epigenetic factors or microbiological agents to gastric cancer, but they didn't look for these events together. Dr. Ferrasi ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An etiological role for H. pylori in autoimmune gastritis

Autoimmune type atrophic gastritis is a severe gastric atrophy associated with vitamin B12 deficiency. The reason for the disappearance of acid secreting cells from gastric mucosa is not fully understood, but the role of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is short-term Celecoxib intervention a effective method for preventing gastric carcinogenesis?

Helicobacter pylori has been accepted as an important pathogen inducing gastric cancer. A research group from Taiwan investigated optimal intervention point of Celecoxib, to inhibit H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Etiologic factors of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma among men in Taiwan

The gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) is a very rare disease. In recent decades, however, the incidence of the GCA has increased dramatically in many Western countries. An increasing trend in GCA is also observed in municipal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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