Researchers find that common stomach pathogen may protect against tuberculosis
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 05:07
in Health & Medicine
It's been implicated as the bacterium that causes ulcers and the majority of stomach cancers, but studies by researchers at Stanford University, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh have found that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) also may play a protective role - against the worldwide killer, tuberculosis (TB).