Brain-eating amoeba N. fowleri lives in bodies of warm freshwater and invades the nervous system through the nose. After eating away the olfactory bulbs, the amoeba travels along nerve fibers to the floor of the cranium and into the brain. Once there, the organism starts eating brain cells....
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Don't be too hard on them. Amoebas that work their way into our brains and chow down on our grey matter aren't welcome, but it's how our immune system reacts that's really lethal. Setting the story straight could help us deal with them better. Brain-eating amoebas (Naegleriafowleri...
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