Exploiting gastric vulnerability

(PLOS) Helicobacter pylori infection promotes stomach ulcers and cancer. How H. pylori initially interacts with and irritates gastric tissue is not well understood. An article published on July 17 in PLOS Pathogens now describes that H. pylori rapidly identifies and colonizes sites of minor injuries in the stomach, almost immediately interferes with healing at those injury sites, and so promotes sustained gastric damage.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news