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Gastric Inflammation: How A Bacterial Infection Causes Tissue Changes

Posted by Geoff Beaty on 22 April 2022
Gastric Inflammation: How A Bacterial Infection Causes Tissue Changes
When the bacterium Helicobacter pylori infects the stomach, it causes gastric inflammation and increases the risk of stomach cancer. A team of researchers have been able to explain characteristic changes which occur inside the gastric glands during an H. pylori infection. The researchers discovered a novel mechanism which, by restricting cell division in healthy stomach tissue, protects the stomach against cancerous changes. An inflammation of the stomach, however, de...
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