Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Disease-causing nibbling amoeba hides by displaying proteins from host cells

A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting off pieces of host cells and putting their proteins on its own surface, according to microbiologists.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2LeXK94
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