Asiya Gusa’s unconventional career path eventually led her to Cryptococcus, exploring how stress adaptation might make this ...

Fungal diseases can have a devastating effect on agricultural production. By some estimates, these infections account for the loss of as much as a quarter of crops globally each year. For decades, ...

A specific protein controls mRNA transport in fungi and distinguishes important from unimportant binding sites in the ...

A series of Candida auris outbreaks in hospitals prompted the NY State Department of Health to release an urgent call to accelerate diagnostic developments that could help control future outbreaks.

A young girl, home alone, wakes up in the middle of the night and walks over to her neighbor’s house. She opens the front door and encounters a horrific scene: a zombified grandma committing an act of ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected microbial relationship that could help explain differences in the severity of a major ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, researchers discussed cryptic fungal pathogens, which are genetically distinct from pathogens but morphologically indistinguishable. Fungal ...

Higher environmental temperatures may trigger mutations in fungi that lead to increased infectivity, more aggressive growth or resistance to multiple anti-fungal medications. Microbiologist examining ...

Fungi can keep us healthy or cause disease. As climate change drives fungi to adapt, their impact on our health is changing. Learn about the increasing risk of fungal infections and how to tackle the ...

Fungi are taking the U.S. by storm — and not in the good way.