'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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Eukaryota: News and Research on Aspergillus
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Could a dramatic rise in liver cancer in Australia be linked to climate change?
Professor Wenbiao Hu from the QUT School of Public Health and Social Work said the team had looked at the possible influence of environmental changes given that liver cancer had increased in the face of decreases in known ...
Jan 19, 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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