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Helicobacter pylori
Scientists at University of Helsinki publish research in helicobacter pylori
November 19th, 2008
According to a study from Helsinki, Finland, "Probiotic bacteria alleviate many gastrointestinal symptoms, but the current trend of combining bacteria for additional benefit may make their effects more complex. We characterize four probiotics and their combination in terms of pathogen adhesion, barrier function, cell death, and inflammatory response in Helicobacter pylori-infected epithelial cells. H. pylori-infected Caco-2 cells were pretreated with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Lactobacillus rhamnosus Lc705, Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii Js, Bifidobacterium breve Bb99, or all four organisms in combination." "We evaluated the adhesion of H. pylori by...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-19)
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