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2025

Cryo- EM structures of ribosome from E. histolytica reveal its unique features

Entamoeba histolytica is a human parasite protozoan and causes amoebiasis, bloody diarrhea, sometimes liver abscesses, and rarely abscesses in vital organs such as the lung, brain, and spleen. It remains the 4th leading cause of infection in humans by a protozoan. E. histolytica life cycle spans between an infective ‘cyst stage’ and an active disease-causing ‘trophozoite stage’.