News tagged with candida
Females may be more susceptible to infection during ovulation
A new research report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that a woman's ovarian cycle plays an important role in her susceptibility to infection. Specifically, researchers from Spain and Austria found that women ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Infectious fungus, thought to be asexual, isn't: More evidence of sex in the Candida genus
The fungi of the Candida genus, known to millions of patients worldwide for their ability to cause serious infections, were once all thought to be asexual. Even after scientists discovered that the mating habits of Candid ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Fatal fungal infections resist newest class of drugs
Fungi that cause severe infections in those with compromised immune systems are resisting the action of the latest group of antifungal drugs. Uncovering their strategies for doing this will lead to more effective treatments, ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Researchers tap yeasts as source of 'green' surfactants
Surfactants, which are wetting agents that lower a liquid's surface tension, have a long list of uses, from detergents and cosmetics to paints and pesticides. Most surfactants are petroleum-based. But in Peoria, Ill., a team ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Taking mating cues from many sources, pathogen adapts to thrive and infect
The success of a fungal pathogen in becoming a persistent and opportunistic source of infection in human beings may be due to a mating strategy that can best be described as "don't be too choosy." A new Brown University study ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Heat shock protein drives yeast evolution
Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) can create heritable traits in brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by affecting a large portion of the yeast genome. The finding has le ...
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Yeast 'rewired' to mate when starving
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has found that the mating habits of the dairy yeast depends on the levels of nutrients available as well as the availability of cells of the opposite "sex."
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Key molecule for keeping oral microorganisms in check discovered
A University of Oklahoma research team has uncovered a key to arresting the growth of thrush—a type of oral yeast infection that sickens patients with compromised immune systems, diabetes and newborns as well as healthy individuals, ...
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Microbiologists find source of fungus's damaging growth
Candida albicans, a fungus that kills more than 10,000 people with weakened immune systems each year, grows more dangerous as it forms and extends long strands of cells called hyphal filaments. In a paper ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Genetic links to fungal infection risk identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two genetic mutations that may put individuals at increased risk of fungal infections have been identified by scientists from UCL and Radboud University, increasing understanding about the genetic basis of ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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RNA interference found in budding yeasts
Some budding yeast species have the ability to silence genes using RNA interference (RNAi). Until now, most researchers thought that no budding yeasts possess the RNAi pathway because Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the protoypical ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Fungus found in humans shown to be nimble in mating game
Brown University researchers have discovered that Candida albicans, a human fungal pathogen that causes thrush and other diseases, pursues same-sex mating in addition to conventional opposite-sex mating.
Aug 12, 2009 |
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New Way to Fight Fungal Infection
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine, has discovered how the body ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease
Scientists have unlocked the code for the building blocks of fungal organisms which are responsible for mild as well as potentially deadly infections in people.
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Researchers reveal six new genome sequences and fundamental insights to the Candida fungus family
An international research collaboration coordinated by UCD (University College Dublin) researchers and involving scientists at 21 institutes including the genome sequencing centres in the Wellcome Trust Sanger ...
May 25, 2009 |
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