Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Salmonella bacteria - which cause typhoid fever - live and grow within human cells. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Doherty Institute researchers have shown that cell death is a safeguard against the spread of Salmonella in the body.
This video shows that while Salmonella-infected cells normally die, if cell death is prevented ('knockout cells') then the growth of the Salmonella (green) inside the cells increases.
Video adapted from Doerflinger et al (2020) Immunity and captured by Dr Marcel Doerflinger and Dr Niall Geoghegan.
Read more: https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/enemy-within-safeguarding-against-spread-intracellular-bacteria
Salmonella bacteria - which cause typhoid fever - live and grow within human cells. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Doherty Institute researchers have shown that cell death is a safeguard against the spread of Salmonella in the body.
This video shows that while Salmonella-infected cells normally die, if cell death is prevented ('knockout cells') then the growth of the Salmonella (green) inside the cells increases.
Video adapted from Doerflinger et al (2020) Immunity and captured by Dr Marcel Doerflinger and Dr Niall Geoghegan.
Read more: https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/enemy-within-safeguarding-against-spread-intracellular-bacteria
