Exeter awarded £14 million for antimicrobial resistance research to fight “next global pandemic” The University of Exeter and collaborators have recently been awarded £14 million for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research – widely acknowledged as the “next global pandemic” AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites evolve to become resistant to commonly used antimicrobial drugs […]
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University of Queensland researchers say metal compounds could be the answer to the growing problem of drug-resistant fungal infections. Associate Professor Mark Blaskovich, Dr Alysha Elliott and other researchers from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience, along with Dr Angelo Frei from The University of Bern in Switzerland, led a group of collaborators which found one […]
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Fungi have existed within our bodies for millennia, usually staying at low enough levels to cause no harm. Candida albicans normally exists harmlessly in our guts. However, under certain circumstances, it can proliferate to cause oral or genital thrush, and for some people with compromised immune systems, such as transplant patients, Candida albicans can survive in […]