Breakthroughs Today

The Mycoplasma hyorhinis-generated prostate cancer is one instance where bacteria infecting animals cause havoc in human genetic materials. This cross-infection is something that health authorities need to look into because its potential impact on humans. SINCE the late 20th century, investigators in medical science increasingly built up evidence that much of cancer came from infections, be it bacterial or viral (rarely, fungal though). In fact, in 2007, the American Cancer Society estimated that around 30 percent of all cancers worldwide had been results of infection. These infection agents are capable of inducing the birth of tumors through their protein products that exert long-term and growing inflammatory reaction in the human body where the infection resides. Barely two years ago, the Namiki Study reported the first infection with Mycoplasma hyorhinis (Mh), a species of tiny, wall-free microorganisms that resides in the human cell or on its cell membrane. This genus comprise