Scientists discover new intricacies in how ulcer bugs stick to stomach
...earchers showed that babA, a protein that helps H. pylori stay in the stomach, has evolved in many strains o...ica. The protein is used by virulent strains of H. pylori that are the targets of a long-term vaccine development effort. "If we can improve our understan...Body's own defense against H. pylori, cause of stomach ulcers and stomach cancer
...ed that a human glycoprotein inhibits Helicobacter pylori ("H. pylori"), the bacterium that causes stomach u...nse mechanism that protects the stomach against H. pylori infection. H. pylori is found in mostly in the stomach, where it thrives in the superficial mucin...