An immune pathway has been discovered that prevents a normally harmless fungus from developing into a fatal infection. The ...

Teams of researchers at UCSF discover how C. auris, a fungal superbug that can make a difficult hospitalization deadly, stows ...

Since its discovery in Japan in 2009, a deadly fungus has emerged in hospitals around the world. The pathogen, known as ...

The yeast fungus Candida albicans not only uses the toxin candidalysin to cause infections, but also to colonize the oral mucosa inconspicuously—but only in finely balanced amounts. Too little toxin ...

An immune pathway has been discovered which prevents a normally harmless fungus developing into a fatal infection.

Candida albicans is a species of yeast — a single-celled fungus — that’s a normal part of the microbes that live in your gastrointestinal tract. Small amounts of the yeast also live in various warm, ...

Share on Pinterest A study in mice and cell cultures suggests that Candida albicans can infect the brain and trigger Alzheimer’s-like mechanisms. Image credit: Paul Campbell/Getty Images. Scientists ...

The opportunistic fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, lives benignly in our bodies, on our skin and mucosa membranes, until it senses we are weak; then it quickly adapts and goes on the offensive. One ...

You might call Candida albicans a shape-shifter: As this fungus grows, it can multiply as single, oval-shaped cells called yeast or propagate in an elongated form called hypha, consisting of ...