How Toxoplasma parasites glide so swiftly (video)

(American Chemical Society) If you're a cat owner, you might have heard ofToxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that sometimes infects humans through contact with contaminated feces in litterboxes. Although harmless to most people,T. gondii can cause serious illness or death in immunocompromised individuals or fetuses of infected pregnant women. Now, researchers reporting inACS Nano have studied how the microorganism glides so swiftly through mammalian tissues during an infection.
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