Helicobacter pylori are bacteria that humans have hosted in our stomachs for ages. The bacterium is able to withstand the extremely acidic stomach environment and is one of the biggest causes of ...

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which lives in the human stomach and is associated with ulcers and gastric cancer, is shaped like a corkscrew, or helix. For years researchers have hypothesized that ...

This bug loves our guts — living silently in most folks, causing ulcers in others — but a new meta-analysis suggests that eliminating it entirely may help prevent stomach cancers. Permanently wiping ...

The human stomach is a treacherous environment, bathed in a mixture of gastric acid and proteolytic enzymes. Most bacteria are incapable of surviving here, but Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped ...

A new study has found that Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, a common bacteria that infects nearly half the global population, could be a major driver of stomach cancer worldwide. Researchers ...

Scientists have determined that decay-accelerating factor (DAF), a protein found in epithelial cells in the stomach, acts as a receptor for the bacteria Helicobacter pylori. Blocking this interaction ...

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Across the globe, digestive disorders are rising, and nowhere is this more evident than in regions with high rates of ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria infect about 50% of the human population and colonize the mucosa layer of the stomach. Although in most people the infection is asymptomatic, H. pylori was ...

H. pylori is known to infect around half the world’s population, and in the majority of people causes no symptoms. However, the bacterium was famously revealed as a cause of stomach ulcers by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover cancer science, treatments and attitudes. Since the early 1900s, gastric cancer rates have declined in Europe and North ...