Antifungal dietary supplements can aid in combating fungal infections within the body. Various factors, such as a compromised immune system, poor hygiene, and exposure to contaminated environments ...
Cutaneous fungal infections that generally require systemic antifungal therapy include tinea capitis and onychomycosis. Tinea capitis, which is most often caused by Trichophyton tonsurans ...
By comparison, the risks surrounding the emergence of antifungal resistance, and its impact on human health, are much less appreciated, and current approaches to address it are insufficient to ...
Our study of the function of Toll in the antifungal defense was published in Cell in September 1996. The cover featured a Toll receptor–deficient fly overgrown with aspergillus hyphae 10 .
Danielle is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience and molecular psychiatry. She has previously written for BioTechniques News, The Scientist, and Drug Discovery ...
“We have limited antifungal drugs, and there haven’t been any new ones for about 20 to 25 years,” Perfect said. Until new antifungal drugs are available, he added, this could be a way “to optimize the ...