A fungus that can change its shape to fit into your brain has been discovered by scientists. Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans), a pathogenic fungus, can shape-shift itself to fit through the ...
Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...
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 ...
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that infects ~280,000 people every year, causing >180,000 deaths. The human immune system recognizes chitin as one of the major cell-wall ...
In a recent study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers examined metabolite-drug-fungal interactions in the fungal meningitis pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Antibiotic resistance refers to ...
Researchers have discovered that a fungal pathogen called Cryptococcus neoformans transforms when it enters the body, and this transformation enables it to move into the brain. The findings, which ...
Scientists have found that the impact of human activity on land has exacerbated the spread of Cryptococcus gattii, threatening the lives of marine mammals and humans. In the early 2000s, hundreds of ...