Researchers at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) have demonstrated anti-fungal in vitro activity of the essential oil of oregano and eucalyptus in a vapor phase, which have already proven effective in controlling fungi ...
Other
Nov 11, 2015
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Bloodstream infections are notoriously deadly. Not because they're untreatable, but because they work fast and are hard to diagnose. To figure out what medication to give patients, doctors need to culture the bacteria or ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 9, 2019
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In agriculture, fungicides are used to combat fungal infections, and in medicine, antimycotics—both of which have their drawbacks. The microbiologist Florentine Marx-Ladurner is working on a new, more natural active antifungal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 14, 2020
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A new material with antifungal and antitumor properties has been developed by researchers at the Center for Development of Functional Materials (CDMF), one of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) supported ...
Materials Science
Oct 2, 2019
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Infectious organisms that become resistant to antibiotics are a serious threat to human society. They are also a natural part of evolution. In a new project, researchers at the University of Gothenburg are attempting to find ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 16, 2009
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Antibiotics, antimicrobials and antifungals are seeping into the waterways of North America, Europe and East Asia, according to an investigation published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2009
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Research scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University have suppressed the resistance of fungi to antifungal drugs. The results of this work could serve as a basis for the development of effective antifungal pharmaceuticals, ...
Biochemistry
Apr 22, 2016
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Researchers are investigating how disease-causing fungi become resistant to antifungal drugs to help prevent potentially devastating consequences of the growing resistance harmful microbes are developing to drugs.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 30, 2023
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Ground-breaking work by university experts in Tennessee, Texas and Swansea is helping develop a better understanding of the growing threat posed by antifungal drug resistance.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 3, 2019
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New research from the University of Exeter reports the largest ever whole-genome sequencing project for the potentially fatal yeast infection Candida glabrata from hospitals across Scotland.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 3, 2022
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