News tagged with stomach lining


Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...


New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease

New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body’s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a “nano-hybrid ...





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Peptic ulcer bacterium alters the body's defense system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Helicobacter pylori survives in the body by manipulating important immune system cells. This is shown in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The discovery may lead to new treatm ...


Important defense against stomach ulcer bacterium identified

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A special protein in the lining of the stomach has been shown to be an important part of the body's defense against the stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the Univer ...


New form of aspirin is easier on stomachs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 18, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Italian researchers have altered the atomic makeup of aspirin to make it less harsh on users' stomach linings, experts said.


Researchers discover gene that helps control the production of stomach acid

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered a gene that helps control the secretion of acid in the stomach—information that could one day aid scientists in creating more efficient treatment options for conditions ...


Scientists report first effective medical therapy for rare stomach disorder

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A drug used to treat colorectal cancer also can reverse a rare stomach disorder and should be considered first-line therapy for the disease, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report this week.


Kilo of metal found in Peruvian's stomach: surgeon

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man's stomach, a surgeon that operated on him said Wednesday.


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The 700-year-old Mexican mummy with a tummy ache

Biology /

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, (H. pylori) have been discovered in gastric tissue from North American mummies. A study of human remains believed to predate Colum ...


Going from ulcers to cancer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have uncovered a big clue as to why some of the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers pose a greater risk for serious problems like stomach cancer than others; it turns out these bacteria can exploit the surrounding ...


New aspirin-like substances may provide safer way to fight heart disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Researchers in Italy report development of a new group of aspirin-like substances that may be safer and as effective as conventional aspirin for fighting heart disease, the leading cause of death in the developed world. Their ...


Fat transforms vitamin C from 'good cop' into 'bad cop'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 04, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Fat in the stomach may cause vitamin C to promote, rather than prevent, the formation of certain cancer causing chemicals, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.



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