these immune cells release an enzyme that sends the fungal cells into programmed cell death. That prevents the spores from setting up shop in the lungs and sparking a potentially deadly lung ...

They found fungi cells in the freshwater sources, but not from the marine samples. Using the freshwater samples, the authors recovered cryptomycota cells that were egg-shaped and 3 to 5 ...

By drawing mathematical comparisons between the ... and so may reflect processes within fungal cells that are not directly related to communication. The rhythmic pulses of nutrients and ...

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A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Michigan State University has characterized how fungi adapt to restructure their cell walls, effectively thwarting current antifungal medications.

Af-CAR T cells showing a sharp increase in calcium flux in lung sections infected with A. fumigatus. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abh1209 The ...

Some existing antifungal drugs like amphotericin B clump together to form large spongelike structures on fungi’s cell membranes, Burke and colleagues previously found. This antifungal sponge ...

Some long-lived fungi species appear to be able to use a special type of cell division to stop cell mutations in their tracks, reducing the chances of cancers growing, scientists have discovered.