Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have revealed how Helicobacter pylori, a stomach bacterium linked to ulcers and stomach cancer, maintains its critical corkscrew shape as it grows ...

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonizes the human stomach and is responsible for a significant global cancer burden as the primary cause of stomach cancer. H. pylori is shaped like a ...

Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Relaxation Promotes Helicobacter pylori's Helical Shape and Stomach Colonization. Cell, Volume 141, Issue 5, 822-833, 28 May 2010 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.03.046 ...

Its shape doesn't just help scientists spot H. pylori under the microscope; the bug's corkscrew form is critical to its ability to escape stomach acid and anchor in for the long haul by swimming ...

Helicobacter pyloriresides exclusively in the hostile environment of the stomach in approximately 50% of the human population and is a strong risk factor for cancer. Here, Salama, Hartung and ...