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Salty Diet May Raise Ulcer Risk
(HealthDay News, 5/23/07)
Hanan Gancz, of the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md, and team, found that high
salt concentrations may cause gene activity in Helicobacter
pylori bacteria that increases the pathogen’s virulence and
raises the likelihood that they will cause stomach ulcers.
The researchers found a link between exposing bacterial
cells to high levels of salt in vitro and an apparent defect
in the bacteria’s cell division, as well as morphological
changes.
(American Society for Microbiology, news
release, May 22, 2007) |
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