A 14-year-old boy in India died Thursday from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba he contracted while swimming in ...

This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...

The young boy died due to an infection by a brain eating amoeba. He was under treatment for amoebic meningoencephalitis, a ...

Here's what we know about it so far—and where it might be headed next. The amoeba Naegleria fowleri is an opportunistic pathogen. When it infects humans, often when fresh water enters the nose ...

Enzymes are biological catalysts which speed up reactions including digestion. Lipids include fats (solid at room temperature) and oils (liquid at room temperature). Vitamins and minerals Vitamins ...

A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had ...

A child has died in Nebraska due to a suspected infection with a rare brain-eating amoeba, officials said Wednesday. The suspected cause of death is primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a ...

An Indian teenager is now among a handful of people in the world to survive a rare brain-eating amoeba, partly due to his father coming across a public awareness campaign on social media.

Digestion is the process of the food we eat being broken down into substances that our bodies can use. The digestive system provides our body with the energy it needs. It is vital that our body ...

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Singaporean filmmaker Tan Siyou will be presenting her first feature, “Amoeba,” this week at the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market. It’s produced by Fran Borgia of Singapore ...