H. pylori often infects the stomach during childhood and is well-known for causing peptic ulcers. These gastric lesions develop as a result of the pathogen damaging the protective lining of the stomach and small intestine, which allows gastric acid to create open sores. Aside from stomach ulcers, H. pylori infection is also linked to two other complications, namely, gastritis, or inflammation of the stomach lining, and stomach cancer. According to statistics, about half a million patients worldwide die from stomach cancer each year. Conventional cancer therapies such as chemotherapy very rarely succeed in improving outcomes for gastric cancer patients. Hence, the focus of current research is on disrupting the pathway triggered by