The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

they could label proteins with fluorescent markers, to watch them interact under a microscope; or delete small parts of genes and proteins, to find the specific parts that are crucial and could be ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea.

Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

"We optimized the optomechanical parts to reduce noise ... fluorescent signals of the labeled cells is also minute, and yet it is capable of detecting a quantity of light equivalent to a single ...

Beyond diagnosis, their technique may also shed light ... the microscope for many centuries, most studies and diagnoses focus on their shape, what they contain, and where different parts are ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

Using this approach, they could label proteins with fluorescent markers, to watch them interact under a microscope ... parts that are crucial and could be targeted with drugs. "We now see a light ...

Using a gene-editing tool known as CRISPR, Ralston and her team aim to label proteins ... protiens under a microscope. Gene editing may also allow to team to delete small parts of Entamoeba ...