Researchers observed that the cells are able to escape from the macrophages without destroying them, preventing an immune response. Yeast fungus cells that commonly attack HIV infected patients escape ...

Yeast fungus cells that kill thousands of AIDS patients every year escape detection by our bodies' defenses by hiding inside our own defense cells, and hitch a ride through our systems before ...

A beneficial yeast that tolerates fungicide may offer a "one-two punch" against Fusarium graminearum, the fungal culprit behind Fusarium head blight ("scab"). Scientists isolated an improved variant ...

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MADISON - A report today (June 27) in PLOS Pathogens shows how inhaled fungal spores exit the lung and trigger a fatal infection in mice. The study solves a mystery of mycology: Why are spores of a ...