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Pathogen protection and virulence: Dark side of fungal membrane protein revealed

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals and which also shields ...


Fungus found in humans shown to be nimble in mating game

Fungus found in humans shown to be nimble in mating game

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...


Sex life of killer fungus finally revealed

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Biologists at The University of Nottingham and University College Dublin have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of a microscopic fungus which is a major cause of death in immune deficient ...


Using insects to test for drug safety

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insects, such as some moths and fruit flies, react to microbial infection in the same way as mammals and so can be used to test the efficiency of new drugs, thereby reducing the need for animal testing. Dr Kevin Kavanagh ...