Once the stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori is established in the stomach, investigators have learned that even competing strains of the same species can't displace it. The stomach-dwelling ...

He said eight out of 10 individuals with autoimmune disease are women, and his long-term goal is to figure out how glucocorticoids and androgens affect stomach cancer, which is induced by chronic ...

CINCINNATI, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In a significant step forward in regenerative medicine, scientists at Cincinnati Children's report success at developing a stomach organoid so sophisticated ...

Various cells in the stomach secrete digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These substances break down food so the body can absorb nutrients. The stomach is a muscular organ in the upper abdomen ...

Gastric juices contain acids, enzymes, and mucus that help digest food in your stomach. The hydrochloric acid in gastric juice lowers your stomach's pH and kills bacteria. Intrinsic factor in gastric ...

A bacterial pathogen called Helicobacter pylori is known to colonize the stomach and cause ulcers. The bacterium is also attracted to bleach, and scientists have found a protein the microbe uses to ...

Researchers have made significant advancements in understanding the earliest stages of stomach cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, through two recent innovative studies. With a ...

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health determined that stomach inflammation is regulated differently in male and female mice after finding that androgens, or male sex hormones, play a ...

The stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori survives in the stomach -- a hellish, churning vat of hydrochloric acid -- by holing up inside that organ's pitlike glands and establishing squatter's ...