Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, is caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater lakes, ponds and rivers. This one-celled organism is also called ‘brain ...
“Intercostal retraction” is a term used by medical professionals for when the intercostal muscles (the muscles between the ribs) pull inward when a person is inhaling. It is most commonly seen in ...
Amoeboid cell types are fundamental to animal biology and broadly distributed across animal diversity, but their evolutionary origin is unclear. The closest living relatives of animals, the ...