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Drug resistance fears over killer fungal disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatments for the most common airborne fungal disease are proving less effective due to increased resistance to the anti-fungal drugs used to combat infections.


Antibiotics, antimicrobials and antifungals in waterways

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Antibiotics, antimicrobials and antifungals are seeping into the waterways of North America, Europe and East Asia, according to an investigation published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). ...





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Effects of antifungal and Hsp90 Inhibitor Combination on Larvae with Fungal Infections

The Hsp90-Antifungal Combo, please: Compromising fungi in the immunocompromised

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Even the most drug-resistant fungi can be eradicated in multiple in vitro and in vivo models using a lethal combination of an antifungal agent and inhibition of the heat shock protein Hsp90, according to a ...


Nanotechnology used to probe effectiveness of antibiotics

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A group of researchers led by scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a University of Queensland researcher, have discovered a way of using tiny nano-probes to help understand how an antibiotic ...


White blood cells are picky about sugar

White blood cells are picky about sugar

Biology /

created Jul 11, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Biology textbooks are blunt—neutrophils are mindless killers. These white blood cells patrol the body and guard against infection by bacteria and fungi, identifying and destroying any invaders that cross their ...



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