The last drug designed to more effectively treat dangerous systemic fungal infections, most often affecting immunocompromised patients, was developed over 20 years ago. Now an interdisciplinary team of investigators from ...
Nov 2, 2021
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Hopes that tamoxifen could improve survival for a deadly form of fungal meningitis have been dashed by the results of a clinical trial conducted by University of Oxford researchers and published today in eLife.
Oct 26, 2021
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As a world-renowned expert using intravital microscopy to observe fungal infection progression in live samples, Meiqing Shi, associate professor with the University of Maryland Department of Veterinary Medicine, continues ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Fungus can imitate signals from our immune system and prevent our body from responding to infection, new research from the University of Sheffield has found.
Mar 28, 2019
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In a remarkable series of experiments on a fungus that causes cryptococcal meningitis, a deadly infection of the membranes that cover the spinal cord and brain, investigators at UC Davis have isolated a protein that appears ...
Jun 12, 2014
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The microbiological world is comprised of many organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Though not generally regarded as pathogens by the greater public, fungi can cause an array of severe diseases, especially in ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Millions have been tuning in every week to watch the highly anticipated TV adaptation of "The Last of Us." The show depicts a post-apocalyptic world where society has collapsed due to the outbreak of a dangerous, brain-controlling ...
Jan 25, 2023
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When people think of infectious microbes, they typically think of bacteria and virus. There is, however, another enormous group of organisms that can affect our health: fungi.
Sep 25, 2019
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Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that infects people with weakened immune systems, particularly those with advanced HIV/AIDS. New University of Minnesota Medical Research could mean a better understanding of this ...
Jul 16, 2019
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Cryptococcal meningitis causes about one in ten HIV-related deaths, according to a study of autopsies performed in Mozambique and Brazil and coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution ...
May 21, 2019
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