Typhoid toxin aids survival in mice
Bacterial protein prolonged life of infected host animals with no increase in cancer
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TOXIN TANKS The bacterium Salmonella enterica Typhi causes typhoid fever in humans and produces a DNA-damaging protein called typhoid toxin. Typhoid toxin appears to prolong survival and reduce gut inflammation in S. enterica-infected mice, a new study suggests.
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