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How a stomach bug may ward off asthma
A bacterium that causes ulcers and stomach cancers may protect against asthma by teaching the immune system tolerance, a new study in mice shows.
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 6, 2012
IMMUNOLOGY: How a stomach-colonizing bacterium protects against asthma The bacterium Helicobacter pylori can be found colonizing the stomach lining of almost half the world's population.
JCI online early table of contents: Feb. 6, 2012
Brown adipose tissue is a specialized tissue that burns calories to generate body heat in rodents and newborn humans.
New vaccines could help Aboriginals in Northern Ontario
Collaboration explores prevention of infectious diseases in Aboriginal communities Researchers from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine are working to create vaccines that could prevent the spread of two infectious diseases among Aboriginal populations across country, and particularly in Northern Ontario.
Ulcer-Causing Bug Tied To Higher Diabetes Risk, University of Michigan Study
People who have been infected with the ulcer-causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes later on as people who do not have signs of the infection, according to a new study of Latino adults in California.
Ulcer-causing bug tied to higher diabetes risk
People who have been infected with the ulcer-causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes later on as people who do not have signs of the infection, according to a new study of Latino adults in California.
Low prevalence of H pylori infection in IBD
A study in February's issue of Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics investigates the prevalence of H pylori infection among patients with IBD.
Eradication of Helicobacter mustelae from the ferret stomach: an...
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Interleukin-8 is the single most up-regulated gene in whole genome...
The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and upper gastrointestinal disease is well established.
Authorities deny 200,000 duped into drugs experiment
OFFICIALS in the eastern Shandong Province have denied online allegations that hundreds of thousands of residents were given drugs to unwittingly take part in a medical experiment.
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