Stomach bacteria crank up stem cell renewal, may be link to gastric cancer (Todd Dubnicoff) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that two-thirds of the world’s population is infected with H. pylori, a type of bacteria that thrives in the harsh acidic conditions of the stomach. Data accumulated over the past few decades … Continue reading CIRM weekly stem cell roundup: stomach bacteria & cancer; vitamin C may block leukemia; stem cells bring down a 6’2″ 246lb football player
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Scientists Use Stem Cells Generate Functioning Human Stomach Tissue
For the first time scientists used stem cells to grow functional human stomach tissue called gastric organoids to study such things as H. pylori infection and stomach cancer.