Highly dangerous Cryptococcus fungi love sugar and will consume it anywhere because it helps them reproduce. To borrow inositol from a person's brain, the fungi have an expanded set of genes that ...

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

Researchers have identified a high prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia among HIV-infected patients hospitalized with acute respiratory infection in Thailand. Among HIV-uninfected patients, no ...

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 ...

What is Cryptococcus, who does it affect and how many people does it kill each year? Cryptococcus is a fungus found in the environment throughout the world that is able to cause disease in humans.

A lab has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of Cryptococcus. Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by ...

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has confirmed two patients died after contracting a fungal infection found in pigeon droppings. The infection is airborne, meaning it was contracted by patients who ...

A new strain of hypervirulent, deadly Cryptococcus gattii fungus has been discovered in the United States, a new study says. The outbreak has already killed six people in Oregon, and it will likely ...