researchers, has succeeded in explaining the process through which the H. pylori bacterium is able to penetrate the mucous lining of the human stomach, a source of ulcers and even cancer. Those findings could have implications for the prevention and treatment of H. pylori infections. According to Scienceblog: "A team of researchers from Boston University, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently made a discovery that changes a long held paradigm about how bacteria move through soft gels." References External links List of Dr. Bansil's publications with short summaries at Scientific Commons 1940s births Living people Boston University faculty American women physicists American physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society American women academics 21st-century American women University of Rochester alumni Delhi University alumni