September 16, 2010 — Balamuthia mandrillaris, an ameba found in soil, has caused Balamuthia granulomatous amebic encephalitis in 2 patients who received kidney transplants from the same donor. One ...

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Joseph DeRisi explaining the characteristics of Balamuthia mandrillaris, at the inaugural session of UCSF's public lecture series on 11/06. Photo by Anusha Subramanian. What do brain-eating amoebas, a ...

HEMET (CBSLA.com) — Video footage of Koral Reef just months before her death shows a happy and healthy young woman getting fit for her big day. The young woman from Winchester married her high school ...

On 5 December 2018, the Seattle Times published an article whose terrifying headline ensured its own virality: “Rare brain-eating amoebas killed Seattle woman who rinsed her sinuses with tap water.

Twenty-year-old Koral Reef's life was just beginning. She said yes to the dress and married her high school sweetheart. But Reef never got the chance to enjoy her happily ever after when she ...