Researchers at the University of Toronto examined fungi in the mucus of patients with cystic fibrosis and discovered how one particularly cunning fungal species has evolved to defend itself against neighbouring bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2015
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A group of researchers at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories has created one of the three world's largest gene libraries for the Candida glabrata yeast, which is harmful to humans. Molecular analysis of the Candida glabrata fungus ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2014
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Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to respond to their more dangerous relatives, according to new research from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine. Breakdowns in this process can leave people ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 6, 2021
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The story of Candida auris starts in 2009, when a 70-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital. Something discharges from one of her ears, and the doctors routinely take samples of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 3, 2022
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Experts from the University of Aberdeen have discovered how the fungus which causes thrush tries to hide from our body's defences.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2016
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By modifying the CRISPR-Cas genome editing system, Whitehead Institute researchers are now able to manipulate Candida albicans' genome systematically—an approach that could help identify novel targets for therapies against ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 3, 2015
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Researchers in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering have cured fungal infections using a soil-dwelling bacteria. The findings of the research led by Assistant Professor ...
Biotechnology
Aug 17, 2018
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say they have discovered a new way that the most prevalent disease-causing fungus can thwart immune system attacks.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2015
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The bacteria present in the intestine provide information about the quantities of fungi of the potentially disease-causing Candida genus. Among them, and surprisingly, are lactic acid bacteria that are known for their protective ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2023
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Global fungal infections, which affect 1 billion people and cause 1.5 million deaths each year, are on the rise due to the increasing number of medical treatments that heighten vulnerability. Patients undergoing chemotherapy ...
Evolution
Jan 12, 2024
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