Mushrooming Mystery: How Fungal Infections Echo Alzheimer’s Disease in the Brain
A study from Baylor College of Medicine found that the fungus Candida albicans can produce toxic peptides linked to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting the fungus might…
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Fungal-Plant Symbiosis: Boosting Crop Resilience and Paving the Way for Sustainable Agriculture
Researchers inoculated rapeseed plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects. Utilizing the relationship between beneficial fungi…
Debunked: Study Finds No Connection Between Common Fungus and Pancreatic Cancer
A study conducted four years ago suggested a potential link between a common type of fungus and the development of pancreatic cancer, providing a promising…
Revolutionary Treatment Emerges in the Battle Against Deadly Fungi
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University of Toronto have discovered an innovative way to combat fungal infections. This…
Scientists Discover Way To Defeat Crop-Killing Gray Mold Without Toxic Chemicals
Research uncovers how fungus delivers RNA weaponry. Gray mold, the culprit behind billions in annual crop losses by infecting a wide variety of fruits and…
Outsmarting Fungal Resistance – Scientists Discover a New Way To Beat Deadly Fungus
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University of Toronto have uncovered a new way to attack fungal infections. This…
The Fungus Among Us: Defying Nature’s Anti-Fungal Arsenal
An anti-fungal compound produced by plants doesn’t work on at least one fungus. RIKEN scientists have discovered how a parasitic fungus renders harmless a powerful…
Bacterial Battle Armor: How a Frog Vaccine Alters Microbiome Against Deadly Fungus
New study suggests some vaccines could induce a protective shift in the microorganisms that live with a host organism. A human or animal’s microbiome —…
CDC Warns of Deadly Fungus Spreading at Alarming Rate in U.S. Healthcare Facilities
Increasing Threat of Spread of Antimicrobial-resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread…
A Growing Threat: New Insight Into Deadly Fungal Invasion of the Lungs
The discovery reveals a new target for combating the deadly invader. Aspergillus and other fungi are so ubiquitous in our environment that we inhale hundreds…
A Growing Threat: Harmful Fungal Toxins Spreading in Wheat
A new study led by the University of Bath in the UK has found that harmful fungal toxins are increasing in Europe’s wheat crops, with…
“Nobody Saw This Coming” – Scientists Uncover a New Branch of Fungal Evolution
A new study helps clarify the evolutionary origins of the “platypus of fungi.” Approximately 600 seemingly disparate fungi that never quite found a fit along…
Already Spread to Every Continent: Unusual Fungus Has the Potential To Become a Global Health Problem
A New Yeast Fungus Have you ever heard of the yeast Candida auris? If not, you are most likely not the only one since it…
Nationwide Problem: Serious Lung Infections Caused by Soil Fungi
Outdated maps of disease-causing fungi may lead to delayed and missed diagnoses. Fungi in the soil cause a significant number of serious lung infections in…
Antibiotics Can Lead to Life-Threatening Fungal Infection Because of Disruption to the Gut’s Immune System
Patients prescribed antibiotics in the hospital are more likely to get fungal infections because of disruption to the immune system in the gut. Using immune-boosting…
Scientists Discover Protein in Fungus That Allows It To Bypass Plant Defenses
A protein that permits the fungus that causes white mold stem rot in over 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by…
Aquatic Fungus Has Already Wiped Amphibians off the Map – Now Threatens Survival of Terrestrial Frogs
A water-borne fungus that has led to the extinction of several species of amphibians that spend all or part of their life cycle in water…
Deadly Fungal Outbreak in Marine Mammals – It Came From Humans
How a deadly land fungus began killing marine mammals in the Salish Sea. In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people…