Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well ...

Considering the nature of their interactions with humans or other animals, fungi can be viewed as friends or foes. From this scenario, a huge interest of studying human pathogenic fungi has emerged, ...

Fungal infections are on the rise globally. According to a study by the Manchester Fungal Infection Group, in 2022, ...

A deadly fungal epidemic in Brazil is evolving fast: pollution, cats, and genetics may be fueling its unstoppable spread.

Learn how a pair of kinases could help plant scientists engineer crops resistant to infectious diseases and boost wheat's ...

The study demonstrates that this RNAi approach shuts down vital fungal genes, thereby inhibiting pathogen growth - a ...

Zoonotic and other infectious diseases are emerging and reemerging rapidly in recent times owing to altered climatic conditions, changing lifestyles, and unhealthy living conditions. The WHO listed 20 ...

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Chickens are able to pass bird flu to humans. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler ... Health is focused on a specific class of zoonotic diseases called orthopoxviruses — which includes the viruses ...

A new study published in Mycology highlights the alarming evolutionary rate of Sporothrix, the fungus that causes sporotrichosis, a severe and rapidly spreading infection affecting humans and cats in ...