Cardiff University researchers have uncovered new information about the underlying mechanisms for gastric cancer, providing hope of potential new therapies in the future. The team, at the University’s European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, found they could stop gastric cells dividing and growing by deleting a particular cell-surface receptor implicated in the function of stem cells. “The prognosis of gastric ...

Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial pathogen that colonizes the stomach of approximately half of the world’s population. Infection with H. pylori is acquired in childhood and lasts for decades. H. pylori is the main risk factor for gastric cancer and is linked to more than 80 percent of cases. Gastric cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related death, is ...