Cornell: Typhoid's Relative May Be Key to Curing Disease
June 04, 2020
June 04, 2020
ITHACA, New York, June 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Typhoid fever infects up to 20 million people annually, killing as many as 161,000, and has many drug-resistant strains. Jeongmin Song, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has discovered a new potential defense against this bacterial disease: one of its closest relatives.
Song studies salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that cause typhoid fever, and . . .
Typhoid fever infects up to 20 million people annually, killing as many as 161,000, and has many drug-resistant strains. Jeongmin Song, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has discovered a new potential defense against this bacterial disease: one of its closest relatives.
Song studies salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that cause typhoid fever, and . . .