A large case-control study by international researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan has found that people who carry certain genetic risk factors for gastric (stomach) cancer have a ...
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The bacterium Helicobacter pylori colonizes the stomach in half of the world's population and increases the risk of gastric cancer.
Jul 24, 2020
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A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in its bag when it comes to preventing stomach cancer, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
Mar 28, 2019
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Infection with the stomach-dwelling bacterium Helicobacter pylori— particularly strains producing the oncoprotein CagA—is a strong risk factor for gastric cancer.
Feb 18, 2019
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Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic belt that offers a new way to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by listening to the noises in a patient's gut, according to research ...
Jun 5, 2018
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The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is responsible for one of the most prevalent infections in humans. The infection can give rise to a number of conditions ranging from gastritis to peptic or duodenal ulcers and ultimately ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths, primarily because most patients present at an advanced stage of the disease. The main cause of this cancer is the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, ...
Aug 17, 2017
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A new drug which "fine tunes" the immune system is being developed to help prevent asthma and allergies to foods such as peanuts and shellfish.
Nov 24, 2016
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Researchers report that a common bacterium infecting the human stomach has significant links with worsened symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Jun 6, 2016
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Around half of the global population is chronically infected with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, almost 1% of whom go on to develop gastric adenocarcinoma, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Usually it takes ...
Jun 12, 2015
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