NOVEL TOXIN RECEPTOR DISCOVERED FOR ULCER-CAUSING STOMACH PATHOGEN
May 23, 2008
May 23, 2008
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 23 -- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign issued the following news release:
Helicobacter pylori is one tough bug. It can survive in the human stomach, a zone with a pH somewhere between that of lemon juice and battery acid. Now researchers have discovered how an H. pylori toxin gets into cells, a feat that helps the bacterium live in one of the most inhospitable environments in the body.
Their findings appear this week in PLoS Pathog . . .
Helicobacter pylori is one tough bug. It can survive in the human stomach, a zone with a pH somewhere between that of lemon juice and battery acid. Now researchers have discovered how an H. pylori toxin gets into cells, a feat that helps the bacterium live in one of the most inhospitable environments in the body.
Their findings appear this week in PLoS Pathog . . .