Does this newly discovered bacterium cause chronic gastric diseases like Crohns?

Helicobacter pullorum — an emerging (underestimated) food safety risk

Karen Constable

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In 2005 two researchers were awarded the Nobel prize for busting the long-held belief that gastric ulcers (stomach ulcers) were caused by stress. They proved that ulcers were not caused by stress but by the actions of a bacterium that can survive inside human stomachs and grow to damage the stomach lining. The bacteria was Helicobacter pylori.

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Karen Constable

I keep you up to date with food integrity news (food safety and food fraud). Creator of the ultra-popular Food Fraud Risk Information Trello board.