PORTLAND, OR – Research conducted as Oregon Health & Science University shows a specific strain of E. coli can block your gut’s defense against infection.
Researchers say when bacteria associated with food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight back by pushing infected cells out of the body to stop the infection from spreading.
According to the study, which was published recently in Nature, scientists from Genentech in collaboration with researchers from OHSU, discovered that this strain of E. coli — known for causing bloody diarrhea — is able to spread more easily with the ability to stop the body’s natural defense…