However, NSAIDs can irritate the stomach lining, and cause ulceration which can lead to bleeding and infections.
The idea behind COX-2 inhibitors, such as Celebrex and Vioxx, was to spare the stomach lining by targeting only COX-2.
Five genes, for example, make proteins that help H. pylori to stick specifically to the cells of the stomach lining.
Currently doctors diagnose stomach cancer by taking a biopsy of the stomach lining using a probe and a flexible camera passed via mouth and down the gullet.
Needleman's theory was that one could spare the stomach by selectively blocking the enzyme responsible for inflammation, COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2), while avoiding the one involved in maintaining the stomach lining, COX-1.
Gastroenteritis causes inflammation of the stomach lining and intestines.
Gastroenteritis causes an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines.
Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines.
There is something unforgiving that froths the lining of your stomach when you know people are dying down the road, just around the corner.
The 86-year-old monarch was admitted to a London hospital on March 3 with symptoms of gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, before being released the following day.
It is testing the new drug against lung cancer, stomach-lining tumors and prostate cancer as well.
Because the stomach contents tend to be acidic, they irritate the lining of the oesophagus - a phenomenon which has been linked to the development of cancer.
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