This amoeba can be found naturally all over the ... U.S. health officials have identified about 180 infections from the single-cell organism since the first one was diagnosed in 1956.

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 ...

While it's very rare, it can be deadly—a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the "brain-eating amoeba." The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part ...

This amoeba can be found naturally all over the ... U.S. health officials have identified about 180 infections from the single-cell organism since the first one was diagnosed in 1956.

This allows us to get down to the world of the cell, and that means some pretty amazing things can be seen. Here's an amoeba engulfing red blood cells and red and white blood cells moving through ...

and there are reports of direct infection of the human brain with amoeba and bacteria via the nasal route. It remains to be seen whether intranasally delivered cells can have functional effects ...