News tagged with bacterium helicobacter pylori


Antibiotics based on a new principle may defeat MRSA

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have presented a new principle for fighting bacterial infections, in other words, a new type of antibiotic, in the FASEB Journal. The new antibiotic mechan ...

Medical research created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New idea could disable bug that causes ulcers, cancer

If you were the size of a bacterium, the lining of a stomach would seem like a rugged, hilly landscape filled with acid-spewing geysers, said Manuel Amieva, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics and of ...

Cancer created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ulcer bacteria may contribute to development of Parkinson's disease

The stomach bacteria responsible for ulcers could also play a role in the development of Parkinson's disease according to research presented today at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disappearing bacterium may protect against stroke

A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers reveals that an especially virulent strain of the gut bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) isn't implicated in the overall death rate of the U.S. population, and may even ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stomach bacterium damages human DNA

The stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori is one of the biggest risk factors for the development of gastric cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. Molecular biologists from the University of Zur ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can eradicating a common stomach bug make taking aspirin safer?

Researchers have launched a major clinical trial to investigate whether eliminating a common stomach bug could help to make taking aspirin safer in some patients.

Medications created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1