Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

A fungus that can change its shape to fit into your brain has been discovered by scientists. Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans), a pathogenic fungus, can shape-shift itself to fit through the ...

After entering the host, the leading cause of fungal meningitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, rapidly adapts by shrinking in size and acquiring other characteristics that allow it to better infect the ...

Rockville, MD – In a project that already has benefited an important field of biomedical research, scientists have deciphered the genomes of two closely related strains of Cryptococcus neoformans, a ...

Researchers at the University of Utah (U of U) Health report that a fungus that is a common cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a transformation once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the ...

A new study has uncovered how serious fungal infections grow in humans by conserving phosphate, highlighting a possible target for treatment. A new study from The Westmead Institute for Medical ...

Researchers are hopeful about the potential for antifungal use of compounds found in cannabis. "You could actually just get some CBD oil and then rub it on your skin to treat it," one researchers says ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that infects people with weakened immune systems, particularly those with advanced HIV/AIDS. New research could mean a better understanding of this ...

Researchers have discovered that a fungal pathogen called Cryptococcus neoformans transforms when it enters the body, and this transformation enables it to move into the brain. The findings, which ...