Pylori in Biological News

Glutamine supplements show promise in treating stomach ulcers

... discovered that bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori were responsible for stomach ulcers. Since then, ... become the primary therapy used to combat the H. pylori infection, which affects approximately six ... in offsetting gastric damage caused by H. pylori infection. Reported in the May 2009 issue of the ...

Broccoli sprouts may prevent stomach cancer by defeating Helicobacter pylori

... available human food, suppressed Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) infections, according to a report in Cancer ... American Association for Cancer Research. H. pylori infections are one of the most common bacterial ...

Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli

... not cure infection by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ). They do not suggest that eating this or any ... measure of the presence of components of H. pylori shed into the stool of infected people. There ...

Stomach ulcer bug causes bad breath

... first time, scientists have found Helicobacter pylori living in the mouths of people who are not ... some of which can cause disease. Helicobacter pylori has recently been shown to cause stomach ulcers ... "Recently, scientists discovered that H. pylori can live in the mouth," said Dr Nao Suzuki from ...

H. Pylori bacteria may help prevent some esophageal cancers

... for Cancer Research, found that people who had H. pylori strains carrying a gene called CagA were almost ... the stomach. "CagA- positive strains of H. pylori may decrease the risk of adenocarcinoma by ... in sanitation and antibiotics have made H. pylori less common and have consequently lowered the ...

Early treatment of stomach infection may prevent cancer

... (MIT) say that prompt treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections reverses damage to the ... whether and when - antibiotic treatment of H. pylori can eliminate or reduce risk of developing gastric, or stomach cancer. We concluded that H. pylori eradication prevented gastric cancer to the ...

Tummy troubles -- gastrin key in bacterial-induced stomach cancer

... More than 50% of the world's population is infected with Helicobacter pylori , which causes chronic inflammation of the stomach lining and is strongly ... inhibitors, for a long-term use in patients infected with Helicobacter pylori ." In future studies, Dr. Wang and colleagues plan to study "host factors ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 7, 2007

... blood. The scientists tested the compounds' effects on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), the bacteria known to cause most cases of stomach ulcers ... the scientists say. ARTICLE #2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anti-Helicobacter pylori and thrombin Inhibitory Components from Chinese Dragon's Blood, Dracaena ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 6, 2008

... by others have shown that these proteins can block certain receptors in the GI tract that are the main attachment sites for E. coli, Helicobacter pylori and other disease-causing microbes, thereby preventing infection. By contrast, since cow's milk lacks these protein variants, it may not offer the ...

American Society for Microbiology honors D. Scott Merrell

... Dr. Merrell mastered DNA microarray technology, first to continue his study of V. cholerae, and then to explore mechanisms used by Helicobacter pylori to survive within the human body. This work identified an important regulatory protein, known as Fur, which he has gone on to characterize in his own ...

BWF awards $7 million to infectious disease investigators

... and development of African trypanosomes D. Borden Lacy, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Structural mechanisms of Heliobacter pylori pathogenesis John MacMicking, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine Immune control of human phagosomal pathogens by a novel GTPase ...

Prehistoric origins of stomach ulcers uncovered

... sequence patterns of humans and the Helicobacter pylori bacteria now known to cause most stomach ulcers. ... farmers moving northwards. The international H. pylori research team found almost exactly the same ... human migration. By showing that Helicobacter pylori emerged from Africa at the same time as early ...

Out of Africa -- Bacteria, as well

... simulations, the researchers demonstrated that H. pylori must have left East Africa at the same time as ... sequencing patterns in the DNA of human and H. pylori populations. In order to characterise the ... man. This paves the way for researchers to use H. pylori data to work out the migratory movements of ...

Stomach receptor for H. pylori discovered

... and Molecular Biology journal. Helicobacter pylori are spiral shaped bacteria that live in the thick ... of adults can have laboratory evidence of an H. pylori infection--usually without having any symptoms. The vast majority of H. pylori in colonized hosts are free-living, but ...

Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation

... of the world's population is infected with H. pylori yet has no overt symptoms. What makes the study of H. pylori even more perplexing is that as such advances as ... pasteurization are adopted, the prevalence of H. pylori infection has declined. On the one hand, this has ...

Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits

... of the world's population is infected with H. pylori yet has no overt symptoms. What makes the study of H. pylori even more perplexing is that as such advances as ... pasteurization are adopted, the prevalence of H. pylori infection has declined. On the one hand, this has ...

Cow protein aids in treatment of gastrointestinal disorder

... Recent evidence suggests that therapy currently used to treat Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, a major cause of upper gastrointestinal disorders, ... and different therapeutic methods to increase the efficacy of H. pylori therapy,?says lead author Nicola de Bortoli, M.D., Ph.D., adding that ...

Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says

... chronic gastritis and infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori . Although genetic susceptibility is a possible cause, it's not ... lesion on the emperor's stomach suggests a history of chronic H. pylori gastritis, which might have increased his risk of gastric cancer, Dr. ...

Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen, according to U. of Colorado study

... in extreme environments -- including the human body -- using hydrogen as fuel, according to Spear. "Recent studies have shown that Helicobacter pylori bacteria, which cause ulcers, live on hydrogen inside the stomach," said Spear. "Salmonella metabolizes hydrogen in the gut. It makes me wonder ...