News tagged with candida fungus
Researchers uncover molecular pathway through which common yeast becomes fungal pathogen
Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a molecular mechanism that plays a key role in the transition of Candida albicans yeast into disease-causing fungus—one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infect ...
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Research discovers potentially deadly fungus senses body's defenses to evade them
Glen Palmer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, was part of an international research team led by Luigina Romani, MD, at the University of Perugia, ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Microbiologists find source of fungus's damaging growth
Candida albicans, a fungus that kills more than 10,000 people with weakened immune systems each year, grows more dangerous as it forms and extends long strands of cells called hyphal filaments. In a paper ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Researchers reveal six new genome sequences and fundamental insights to the Candida fungus family
An international research collaboration coordinated by UCD (University College Dublin) researchers and involving scientists at 21 institutes including the genome sequencing centres in the Wellcome Trust Sanger ...
May 25, 2009 |
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