For @science.org , I wrote about brain-eating amoeba 🦠 and fascinating new research led by @katrinavelle.bsky.social which could help explain how the usually harmless pond-dweller ends up in the brain.
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‘Brain-eating amoeba’ appears to love crawling into narrow spaces
Claustrophilic behavior may help Naegleria fowleri find food—and accidentally travel up the human nasal cavity