Switch that enables Salmonella to sabotage host cells revealed
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
A new switch that enables Salmonella bacteria to sabotage host cells is revealed in a new study. Researchers say that the discovery could ultimately lead to drugs that interfere with the switch in order to combat Salmonella and possibly other bacterial infections. In humans, Salmonella causes diseases ranging from gastroenteritis to typhoid fever.