Typhoid toxin accelerates cell ageing to enhance killer infection, study reveals

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  • New research has shown how a toxin of Salmonella Typhi that causes typhoid fever takes over DNA repair machines to age cells and boost aggressiveness of infection
  • Discovery by Department of Biomedical Science could pave the way for development of new diagnostics and earlier treatment for typhoid
  • Findings mark first study involving the Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of Sheffield, which aims to slow down the ageing process and tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity