The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been used to understand fundamental principles
of genetics and biology for over a century. Drosophila is now also considered an essential …

Helicobacter pylori is a paradigm of persistent pathogens and major risk factor for
developing severe diseases including adenocarcinoma in the human stomach. An important …

The pathogenic bacterium Helicobacter pylori is genetically highly diverse and a major risk
factor for the development of peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma in humans …

Long-term chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a risk factor for gastric
cancer development. In the multi-step process that leads to gastric cancer, tight junction …

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is significantly more frequent in Hispanics than in
non-Hispanic Whites. Ancestry may explain these differences across ethnic groups. To this …

Epitranscriptomic regulation adds a layer of post-transcriptional control to brain function
during development and adulthood. The identification of RNA-modifying enzymes has …

The main risk factor for stomach cancer, the third most common cause of cancer death
worldwide, is infection with Helicobacter pylori bacterial strains that inject cytotoxin …

Drosophila has been the invertebrate model organism of choice for the study of innate
immune responses during the past few decades. Many Drosophila–microbe interaction …

Gut microbiota facilitate many aspects of human health and development, but dysbiotic
microbiota can promote hyperplasia and inflammation and contribute to human diseases …

Gastric cancer development is strongly correlated with infection by Helicobacter pylori
possessing the effector protein CagA. Using a transgenic Drosophila melanogaster model …