Low-virulence Strains of Toxoplasma gondii

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My graduate studies at University of California Berkeley have revealed that the brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, has an unexpected ability to cause a permanent loss of fear of cat urine even when the infection has been cleared.

My advisor, Michael Eisen, also discusses the implications of this work in his blog.

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