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4 unusual facts about Helicobacter pylori


Igor Jauregi

In June 2007, after his contract with Real Sociedad expired, Jáuregi had to retire from the game, due to persistent health problems: after a poorly managed tendinitis three years earlier, he also contracted the Helicobacter pylori bacteria, even though he successfully dealt with the situation.

Michael J. Mosley

He was nominated for an Emmy and BAFTA for his Horizon documentary revealing the proposed link between Helicobacter pylori and gastric ulcers, and was named Medical Journalist of the Year in 1995 by the British Medical Association.

Premastication

Premastication can transmit a wide range of diseases and pathogens from infected parents to their infants through the parents' saliva and open mouth ulcers, including HIV-AIDS as well as possibly hepatitis B virus, Helicobacter pylori.

Thomas Borody

As a gastroenterologist, Borody is most famous for his work on the development of the triple therapy for infection with Helicobacter pylori bacteria.


Charles S. Lieber

It was not until the 1980s, when researchers Dr. Barry Marshall and Dr. Robin Warren identified the bacteria Helicobacter pylori in the stomach as a cause of ulcers and stomach cancer, for which they won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Euphorbia hirta

In the test tube, Euphorbia hirta has been shown to kill various types of pathogenic bacteria, Helicobacter pylori (albeit weakly), and Plasmodium (potently).

Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that peptic ulcer disease (PUD) was primarily caused by Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium with affinity for acidic environments, such as the stomach.


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