Cancer-causing bacterium targets tumor-suppressor protein

Monday, August 2, 2010 - 09:07 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, the only known cancer-causing bacterium, disables a tumor suppressor protein in host cells. Their study reports the discovery of a previously unknown mechanism linking H. pylori infection and stomach cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.

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