the fungus was attacked more strongly by the immune system when the gene for glycosylasparaginase was previously switched off. "The glycosylasparaginase on the spores of Aspergillus fumigatus ...

A MAN’S peculiar habit of sniffing his dirty socks after wearing them landed him in hospital, as he developed a fungal lung infection. The first sign of the nasty lung condition was a severe ...

A Chinese man's bizarre habit of sniffing his dirty socks landed him in the hospital after it led to him developing a serious ...

A bronchoscopy confirmed the diagnosis: he was suffering from a fungal lung infection caused by the Aspergillus fungus — a ...

The man had been dealing with a persistent cough and sought medical attention after over-the-counter medication failed to ...

This is an image of the hyphae, or threads, and fruiting bodies of an Aspergillus fungus. The tubelike branching structures are the hyphae (1), which make up the mycelium that is the main “body” of a ...

Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well disease spread, according to a new report.

Biotech firm 21st.BIO has developed a new strain of Aspergillus oryzae, a filamentous fungus commonly used in fermentation, ...

A man in China was admitted to hospital with a severe fungal lung infection after admitting to years of sniffing his own ...

when a prescient epidemiologist played by John Hannah warned how a warming climate could force some fungus to evolve into something more dangerous. "Candida, ergot, cordyceps, aspergillus ...