Citizen science shows widespread exposure to drug-resistant fungal spores
Fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has acquired resistance to agricultural fungicide and first-line clinical antifungal drugs.
Jul 24, 2023
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Eukaryota: News and Research on Aspergillus fumigatus
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Novel compound combats drug-resistant fungi when combined with commercially available medications
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that brilacidin, a new drug tested for treatment of diseases ranging from bacterial skin infections to COVID-19, can kill drug-resistant strains of fungi ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Climate change could lead to more fungal disease in humans, says expert
Climate change is driving many fungi to adapt to the Earth's warmer temperatures, which could mean more disease-causing fungi will learn to live in and on humans, says a McMaster University expert.
Apr 24, 2023
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Exploring how fungal spores hijack lung cells
The pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus escapes elimination from surface cells of the human lung by binding to a human protein. In doing so, it is able to nest in so called phagosomes, confined areas in the lung cells, ...
Mar 8, 2023
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'Too little money is invested in research on life-threatening fungal infections,' says researcher
The WHO has published a list of the most important fungal pathogens for the first time at the end of 2022, thus highlighting the high importance of research on the topic of fungal infections. Leibniz-HKI director Axel Brakhage ...
Feb 21, 2023
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'The last of us': How likely is a fungal apocalypse?
HBO's hit series "The Last of Us" envisions a world decimated by a fungal apocalypse.
Feb 16, 2023
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First WHO 'watch list' of health-threatening fungi released
The World Health Organization (WHO) is placing fungi that cause diseases (fungal pathogens) in the spotlight, with a global report calling for the public and researchers to pay more attention to this overlooked group.
Oct 25, 2022
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Modifying CAR T cell engineering technique to fight fungal lung infections
An international team of researchers has developed a way to modify the CAR T engineering process to create cells that can assist in fighting fungal infections in the lungs. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
Fungal infections increase mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients worldwide
Every day we inhale thousands of potentially pathogenic fungal spores, but our immune system simply eliminates them. However, in people with compromised immunity, such as transplant and cancer patients, as well as hospitalized ...
Sep 12, 2022
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Improving treatment of pathogenic fungi. 'The process is working, but not that well'
Fungi germinating in the lungs of patients. Doesn't sound too nice, does it? Luckily, humans can deal with this normally, and we are able to clear the infection before anything comes to harm. However, in people with health ...
Sep 8, 2022
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