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- 1Jordan Smelski Foundation gift funds Purdue amoeba research●Significant Gift from Jordan Smelski Foundation will fuel Purdue Veterinary Medicine research on deadly brain eating amoeba
The Jordan Smelski Foundation has made a significant gift to Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine to support research into Naegleria fowleri, the deadly brain-eating amoeba. The funding will advance scientific work on the infection, which is rare but almost always fatal. The foundation is named after Jordan Smelski, who died from the amoeba infection.
- 2Biologists Discover 'Fire Amoeba' Pushing Limits of Complex Life●A&S Biologists Discover ‘Fire Amoeba’ that Pushes the Limits of Complex Life
Biologists at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences have identified a single-celled organism nicknamed the 'fire amoeba,' which they say pushes the limits of what complex life can tolerate. The organism's unusual biology challenges assumptions about the boundaries of eukaryotic life. Details of the research and its implications have been announced by the university.
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A new image of Acanthamoeba, a microscopic single-celled organism found in soil, freshwater and other environments, has been released via a science news outlet. Acanthamoeba is known to cause rare but serious eye and brain infections in humans, particularly among contact lens wearers. No further details about the image or its context were provided.