New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Researchers from TU Wien, University of Vienna, and Tufts University discovered how microorganisms swim efficiently without ...

Bacteria can do it, amoebas can do it, even blood cells can do it: They all have the ability to move in a goal-oriented way in liquids. And they do so despite having extremely simple structures ...

A team was able to show that swimming movements are possible even without a central control unit. This not only explains the ...

These commonly ignored hygiene habits may be silently affecting your skin, lungs, gut health, and immune system more than you ...

E. histolytica kills up to 100,000 people a year, but researchers now have a genetic battle plan to strike back ...

AK is a severe and progressive parasitic corneal infection caused by acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba, which can cause unbearable pain and extreme light sensitivity and needs urgent medical ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

How immune cells eliminate bacteria is a fundamental question in biology and medicine, with implications for infectious ...

Whether diving off docks, cannonballing into lakes or leaping off the high board, there's nothing quite like the joy of jumping into water. Olympic divers turned this natural act into a ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as E.