Helicobacter pylori

Scientists map the presence of Helicobacter pylori in the stomach of mice, showing where the bacteria colonize the gastric glands.

Lab experiments and metagenomic analyses of flies’ resident bacteria indicate that the insects carry microbes from place to place on their legs.

The mini machines treated infection somewhat better than antibiotics plus the typical proton pump inhibitor medication. 

Understanding cancer’s relationship with the human microbiome could transform immune-modulating therapies.

Researchers generate the first functional human stomach tissue in vitro.

Converting heart muscle to pacemaker cells in pigs; alternative splicing and the human proteome; questioning a reported yogurt mold-illness link; H. pylori swiftly find mouse stomach injuries

A new study finds that Helicobacter pylori home in on small lesions in the stomach and promote ulceration within minutes of epithelial injury.

Debating the origins of placental mammals; H. pylori-human coevolution; ant, bee, and wasp queens emit similar pheromones; profiling protein expression in single cancer cells

Helicobacter pylori strains that share ancestry with their human hosts are less likely to cause severe disease.

Gut bacteria may be the missing piece that explains the connection between diet and cancer risk.