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Cat parasite Toxoplasma tricked to grow in a dish
Nature Podcast
Growing Toxoplasma Parasite Without Cats
This chapter discusses a new method for culturing a difficult-to-grow parasite in the lab called toxoplasma gondii. It explores the ethical concerns and limitations of using cats as a model organism in research, and discusses the experiments conducted by Ali Hakimi and his colleagues to grow merozoites, a stage in the parasite's life cycle, in a lab environment without the need for cat cells.
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