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A possible treatment for brain-eating amoebas, found in the sea

Brain-eating amoebas are hard to treat and nearly always fatal.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated October 27, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC

Brain-eating amoebas are hard to treat and nearly always fatal.

But researchers have isolated a compound that could help stop the disease.

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