Cheryl-Ingram Smith and <em>Entamoeba histolytica</em> (VIDEO)

Clemson University

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Clemson scientist Cheryl Ingram-Smith has been awarded a $424,000 NIH grant to study the inner workings of a parasite called Entamoeba histolytica, which infects 500 million people annually around the world and causes up to 100,000 deaths. Ingram-Smith's research is focusing on a pair of unusual enzymes that appear to enable the parasite to thrive.

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Jim Melvin / Clemson University

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