<em>Toxoplasma</em> Cyst Showing Dormant Parasite (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

<em>Toxoplasma</em> Cyst Showing Dormant Parasite

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A Toxoplasma tissue cyst, showing the dormant bradyzoite form of the parasite in blue, and the "stomachs" (autophagosomes) is in red. The new study shows that interfering with a key enzyme used by bradyzoites during digestion can prevent that form of the parasite from surviving to cause an infection.

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Carruthers lab, University of Michigan

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