Cryptosporidium Trophozoites (IMAGE)

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Cryptosporidium Trophozoites

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These are Cryptosporidium parasites in the trophozoite phase of their life cycle attach to an intestinal cell in vitro. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have figured out how to grow the intestinal parasite in a dish, which will aid efforts to understand and treat it.

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David Sibley

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