A feline fungus joins the new species list
(Phys.org) —A new species of fungus that causes life-threatening infections in humans and cats has been discovered by a University of Sydney researcher.
(Phys.org) —A new species of fungus that causes life-threatening infections in humans and cats has been discovered by a University of Sydney researcher.
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Cell & Microbiology
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Biotechnology
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Materials Science
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An international team headed by Óscar Llorca at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), and the group led by Sebastian Geibel at the University of Würzburg (Germany), report an accurate 3-D model of the mechanism ...
Biochemistry
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Plants & Animals
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For the past 20 years, it's been Les Shaw's mission to unravel the mysteries of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens.
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