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  • Researchers learn dangerous brain parasite 'orders in' for dinner

    06/22/2019 10:14:05 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 13 replies
    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-dangerous-brain-parasite-dinner.html ^ | June 19, 2019 | Christina Griffiths, Indiana University
    Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered how a dangerous parasite maintains a steady supply of nutrients while replicating inside of its host cell: it calls for delivery. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite capable of infecting any animal, including humans. Up to one-third of infections in people happen through contact with cat waste or contaminated food or water. Although the parasite only causes acute disease in immune compromised persons, the infection is permanent and has been associated with neurological diseases such as schizophrenia and rage disorder. The parasite can invade virtually all types of cells in the...