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Scientists at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a promising new model to study a pneumonia-causing fungus that has been notoriously difficult to culture in a lab.
Dec 28, 2023
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Pulmonary aspergillosis—a group of infectious respiratory diseases caused by various species of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus—has a significant mortality rate globally. Currently, the first-line antifungal therapy ...
Nov 9, 2023
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In the 2023 American post-apocalyptic drama television series "The Last of Us," humans are plunged towards extinction as a fungal infection of the brain zombie-fies most of the species. This may seem far-fetched but fungi ...
Jul 14, 2023
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The first season of "The Last of Us" may be over, but many folks have been left with an abiding fear of fungal infections.
Apr 3, 2023
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Fungal infections cause 1.5M+ deaths each year, and there's no vaccine to prevent them
Jan 31, 2023
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Three types of fungi that cause serious lung infections and were once thought to be confined to certain regions of the United States are now widespread.
Jan 5, 2023
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Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, symptoms and relative risks. Lately, he has been more concerned about a rising threat: ...
Nov 21, 2022
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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 ...
More than 15% of all critically ill patients who end up in intensive care with severe influenza or COVID-19 additionally develop aspergillosis, a pulmonary fungal infection. This doubles their mortality rate. A UZ Leuven ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis cause substantial illness, with about 20,000 cases of coccidioidomycosis reported in 2019, according to research published in the Aug. 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for ...
Aug 19, 2022
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