Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Vegetable oil ingredient key to destroying gastric disease bacteria

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 01:00 PM PST
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with gastric ulcers and cancer. To combat the infection, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Jacobs School of Engineering developed LipoLLA, a therapeutic nanoparticle that contains linolenic acid, a component in vegetable oils.

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