Gut Microbe Strikes Again: Ulcer-causing bug may also prevent cancer
Monday, October 6, 2008 - 11:49
in Health & Medicine
The common ulcer-causing bug linked this summer to reduced rates of childhood asthma and allergies may also help protect adults against one type of cancer, according to a new analysis. Researchers report today in the journal Cancer Prevention Research that they found the stomach microbe Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) may help prevent a major form of cancer of the esophagus (the muscular tube that carries food and drink from the throat to the stomach). [More]
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