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H pylori

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H pylori can invade the stomach because nature has equipped it with protection against stomach acids.
A stomach bacterium called Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of the disease, and better living conditions with less overcrowding have led to a fall in H pylori infection.
They were able to demonstrate that the modification of the H pylori flagellin by transplanting flagellin segments from another bacterium efficiently activates cellular immune receptors, thus making the H pylori flagellin visible to the immune system.
 
 
 
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