Helicobacter pylori Research From Bench to Bedside
This book provides the current updated knowledge on all essential aspects in the rapidly evolving area of Helicobacter pylori research. H. pylori is a class I carcinogen and one of the most common infections in the world. While most pe
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Helicobacter pylori Research
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Steffen Backert • Yoshio Yamaoka Editors
Helicobacter pylori Research From Bench to Bedside
Editors Steffen Backert Division of Microbiology Department of Biology Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg Erlangen, Germany
Yoshio Yamaoka Faculty of Medicine Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine Oita University Yufu, Japan Department of Medicine-Gastroenteology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, USA
ISBN 978-4-431-55934-4 ISBN 978-4-431-55936-8 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-55936-8
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Foreword
Helicobacter pylori, the Gastric Bacterium Which Still Infects Half the World’s Population, Is an Important Part of Gastroenterology and Infectious Disease It is exciting to participate in this new “state-of-the-art” book about Helicobacter pylori, the gastric bacterium which still infects half of the human race and which promises to challenge clinicians and scientists for decades to come. The book is structured so as to place H. pylori in perspective as the gastric bacterium attached itself to prehistoric humans and followed their migrations, through the stone-age into the twenty-first century. Thus the first chapter, by Yoshan Moodley, sets us up to ask the questions which can then be answered in depth by the other experts. Where did H. pylori come from? How does it survive in the stomach? What unique adaptations have taken place, which allow it to persist throughout life? If it colonised mankind for so long, was there once a useful purpose in having H. pylori? Is it still useful in some way? As complete genome sequencing technology becomes widespread, many will use this in-depth initial chapter as a hypothesis generat
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