Fungal infections are becoming deadlier as drug resistance spreads and treatment options stall. Researchers at McMaster University discovered that a molecule called butyrolactol A can dramatically ...

Researchers devised a way to deliver drugs across the brain’s protective barrier using nanoparticles mimicking a fungal ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to make existing antifungal drugs work again against deadly, drug-resistant fungi. Fungal infections claim millions of lives worldwide each year, and current medical ...

Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans from developing in humans and animals. But until that time, finding new and better ways to treat already ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

A group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, which ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In January, the CDC warned physicians to be cautious when prescribing topical antifungals in light of the recent ...

HIV is the most likely cause of cutaneous cryptococcoma, although this patient has no risk factors for the disease. Skin lesions are typical manifestations of disseminated disease in HIV with a ...

A new study finds that raised temperatures cause a pathogenic fungus known as Cryptococcus deneoformans to turn its adaptive responses into overdrive. Heat increases its number of genetic changes, ...