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Means Of Controlling Parasite That Kills And Eats Human Cells »

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Researchers from the University of Virginia and the University of Vermont have discovered a means of inhibiting one of the world's most voracious parasites. The study, published Friday, January 18 in PLoS Pathogens, targets a protein which aids the parasite in ingestion of immune cell corpses.Entamoeba histolytica, which causes inflammation of the