Helicobacter Pylori

  • Ulcer-Causing Bacteria are Baffled by Mucus
    Even the tiniest microscopic organisms make waves when they swim. In fact, dealing with these waves is a fact of life for the ulcer-causing bacteria H. pylori. The bacteria are known to change their behavior in order to compensate for the waves created by other bacteria ...More
    4 weeks ago
    Posted in News
  • Protein Necessary for Bacteria to Produce Ulcers
    When it comes to the ability of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori to effectively colonize the stomach and eventually cause ulcers it all comes down to a single protein. H. pylori strains infect half of all humans worldwide and contribute to the development of peptic ulcers ...More
    September 1, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Standard Three-Drug H. pylori Therapy Beats Newer Four-Drug Regimens
    Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium known to cause peptic ulcers, is also the primary cause of gastric cancer, which is a leading cancer killer globally. A large clinical trial at seven sites across Latin America has now found that a standard three-drug regimen for treating ...More
    July 20, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Cholesterol Boosts Antibiotic Resistance in H. pylori
    New research suggests that cholesterol boosts resistance in Helicobacter pylori both to many antibiotics and to the endogenous antimicrobial peptide, LL-37. A complete understanding of the pathway of cholesterol uptake might lead to novel strategies thwarting H. pylori by ...More
    June 16, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Are Gastroenterological Personnel at Increased Risk of Helicobacter pylori Infection?
    Helicobacter pylori is a widely spread bacterium that mainly inhabits the gastric mucosa and can lead to serious illnesses such as peptic ulcer disease, gastric carcinoma and gastric MALT lymphoma, and the oral-oral route seems to be the main transmission route. Claudia ...More
    May 31, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Closer to Vaccine Against Helicobacter pylori
    A potential vaccine against bacteria that cause serious gastric disorders including stomach cancer may be a step closer following a pioneering study by a University of Guelph chemist. In the first published study of its kind, a team led by professor Mario Monteiro of the ...More
    April 19, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Probiotic Identified to Treat Ulcers Caused by Helicobacter pylori
    Researchers from Spain have identified a strain of probiotic bacteria that may be useful in treating ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori. They report their findings in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. "H. pylori is considered ...More
    February 24, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study Shows How Flu Infections May Prevent Asthma
    In a paper that suggests a new strategy to prevent asthma, scientists at Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues report that the influenza virus infection in young mice protected the mice as adults against the development of allergic asthma. The same protective ...More
    December 13, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New Evidence of Common Gastric Infection as Invasive Pathogen May Explain Antibiotic Resistance
    Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium largely associated with gastritis and peptic ulcers in humans, may invade and replicate in gastric epithelial cells say researchers from China. This discovery disputes prior views of H. pylori as a noninvasive pathogen and could offer ...More
    October 15, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Stomach Bacteria Need Vitamin B6 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 this week in the online journal mBio™. This ...More
    August 20, 2010
    Posted in News
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