{
  "id": 12894442,
  "title": "Harmless amoeba's tight-space crawling offers clues to how its deadly relative invades the brain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/harmless-amoebas-tight-space-crawling-offers-clues-to-how-its-deadly",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-08T14:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-harmless-amoeba-tight-space-clues.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tiny, shapeless invaders can find their way from ponds to the human brain and cause an infection so severe that it has a 95% fatality rate. The amoeba Naegleria fowleri naturally lives in ponds, feasting on bacteria, but once it enters the human body, it makes a run for the brain tissue, traversing complex, tight spaces to reach its destination.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}