News tagged with fungal pathogens
Immune systems of healthy adults 'remember' germs to which they've never been exposed
It's established dogma that the immune system develops a "memory" of a microbial pathogen, with a correspondingly enhanced readiness to combat that microbe, only upon exposure to it—or to its components though a vaccine. ...
Immunology
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Molecular causes for life-threatening fungal infections in case of sepsis unravelled
(Medical Xpress) -- Pathogenic fungi cause infections with a high mortality rate in patients with weakened immune systems. At Karl Kuchler’s CD Laboratory at the MedUni Vienna, the molecular causes of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 27, 2012 |
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Combination therapy rids common infection from implanted medical devices
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a therapy for a potentially deadly type of infection common in catheters, artificial joints and other "in-dwelling" medical devices. Their findings appear in the Open ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Cryptococcus infections misdiagnosed in many AIDS patients
Most AIDS patients, when diagnosed with a fungal infection known simply as cryptococcosis, are assumed to have an infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, but a recent study from Duke University Medical Center suggests that a ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Combating fungal diseases
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have discovered a potential new approach for inhibiting the growth of pathogenic fungi. Their findings on the mechanism ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Protein unmasks pathogenic fungi to activate immune response
The first step in defending against a hostile attack is identifying the enemy. It's how a healthy immune system mounts a response to invading pathogens. In the case of certain fungi, however, the attacking cells may be so ...
Medical research
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Copper reduces infection risk by more than 40 percent
Professor Bill Keevil, Head of the Microbiology Group and Director of the Environmental Healthcare Unit at the University of Southampton, has presented research into the mechanism by which copper exerts its ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 01, 2011 |
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