Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans from developing in humans and animals. But until that time, finding new and better ways to treat already ...

The study from the Stowers Institute and the University of Georgia uncovers more than 300 potential targets for drug development for a lethal fungus. Although humans and fungi bear little resemblance, ...

Fungal infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals, are responsible for nearly four million deaths annually—however, current treatments are limited and are frequently ineffective. Now, ...

Identification and analysis of mutator strains in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans show that natural loss of RNA interference triggers massive accumulation of Cnl1 retroelements at ...

A lab has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of Cryptococcus. Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by ...

PhD. Postdoctoral fellowship. Faculty position. This is the typical career course for scientists working towards a career in academia. Asiya Gusa, a microbiologist at Duke University, also hit all ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Fungi and animals, including humans, have a lot in common when it comes to the arrangement of genes that determine their sex, according to new work by Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

Little is understood about how the two major types of heterochromatin domains (HP1 and Polycomb) are kept separate. In the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans, the Polycomb-like protein Ccc1 prevents ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is one of four fungi classified as 'critical priority' on the WHO's Fungal Pathogens Priority List, which was published in October 2022 following decades of research and calls ...

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