U of M researchers find immune-activating cells in intestines
...entify when T-cells are activated in response to a salmonella infection. T-cells are one type of white blood cell involved in the body's immune system that helps fight infection. The researchers found a tiny population of cells in the intestine that signal the T- cells to fight infections. "Without these ce...Purdue creates new low-cost system to detect bacteria
...m, you press enter and the computer says, 'This is salmonella of this type and this strain, ' and it does this quickly in real time. There is absolutely no fundamental reason why we wouldn't be able to do this, and we are pretty close to having an actual prototype of a product that could be commercialized." A......hlamydia and effective vaccines to protect against salmonella are all important applications to have benefited f...genes important for the survival and growth of the salmonella pathogen during infection is using this knowledge to generate mutant bacterial strains that may be u...Bacteria recognize antimicrobials, respond with counter-defenses
...nce institutes anticipate that virulent strains of salmonella will become more common throughout the food chain.... molecules that the body sends out to help destroy salmonella inadvertently launch bacterial defenses. It is as if missiles armed, rather than demolished, the tar...