A global fungal pandemic wiped out amphibians, destroyed biodiversity, and ultimately increased human illness. Now a second similar pathogen is on the way. https://media.wired.com/photos/6328e00a20bc56769c413199/master/pass/Chiriqui-Harlequin-frog_Panama_science_(c)-Marcos-Guerra,-Smithsonian-Tropical-Research-Institute-(1).jpg
Tag: Fungus
Fungal infection warning: FUNGUS kills more people than malaria a year
FUNGAL infections, like athlete’s foot and ringworm, can usually be easily treated. But invading fungus still kills more people a year than malaria. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Deadly, drug-resistant fungus sparks outbreaks in UK—and it’s stalking US
Enlarge / A strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at the CDC. (credit: CDC) More than 200 patients in more than 55 UK hospitals were discovered by healthcare workers to be infected or colonized by the multi-drug resistant fungus Candida auris, a globally emerging yeast pathogen that has experts nervous. Three of […]
A New Lab-Built Fungus Eats Sugar and Burps Out Drugs
Scientists are building the first eukaryote genome from scratch. The post A New Lab-Built Fungus Eats Sugar and Burps Out Drugs appeared first on WIRED. WIRED