“Brain-eating” amoeba beaten by old European drug

Image credit: Dr_Microbe / Adobe Stock. Article by Kristin Houser. Big Think – February 12, 2023. This article was first published on Freethink.

A decades-old drug used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) appears to have saved the life of a man infected by the “brain-eating” amoeba — and his case highlights the tremendous potential of a new type of genetic sequencing technology. […]

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