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    Marine compound shows promise against deadly brain-eating amoeba

    2026-10-27T10:55:00Z

    A compound isolated from a marine bacterium may offer a faster way to attack Naegleria fowleri, the amoeba responsible for one of the deadliest known brain infections. In laboratory tests, rutamycin B reached full potency within four hours and was far more toxic to the parasite than to human cells.