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 ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at McMaster University have identified a molecule that may help turn the tide — ...

Highly dangerous Cryptococcus fungi love sugar and will consume it anywhere because it helps them reproduce. To borrow inositol from a person's brain, the fungi have an expanded set of genes that ...