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many virulent bacteria, including those that cause painful urinary tract infections. Both varieties were exposed to different concentrations of cranberry juice. The research team, headed by Terri Camesano, associate professor of chemical engineering at WPI, and a team of graduate students, including PhD candidate Yatao Liu, found that even at low concentrations the fruit juice made it difficult for the illness-causing bacteria to attach to cells. The scientists' conclusions, recently publ-ished in the science journal Colloids and Surfaces, strongly indicate that cranberry juice repels bacteria with fimbriae. The juice had had little if any effect on E. coli bacteria without the hair-like projections, suggesting that something in the juice interacts directly only on the "bad bacteria" that has tentacle-like fimbriae. "Our results show that, at least for urinary tract infections, cranberry juice targets the right bacteria -- those that cause disease -- but has no effect on non-pathogenic organisms, suggesting that cranberry juice will not disrupt bacteria that are part of the normal flora in the gut," Camesano said in a statement for the press. "We have also shown that this effect occurs at concentrations of cranberry juice that are comparable to levels we would expect to find in the urinary tract."
She also said that to take advantage of the antibacterial benefits of cranberry, it's a good idea to consume cranberry juice regularly –- even daily.
In fact, drinking cranberry juice might do more than help prevent painful urinary tract infections. The Mayo Clinic is currently enrolling research subjects in a study to see if the fruit juice can help prevent cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have shown that cranberries can lower "bad" cholesterol levels, and help reduce the risk of gum disease, stomach ulcers and cancer.
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