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While rare, the fungal infection mucormycosis can be fatal. It tends to impact individuals who are immunocompromised or who have diabetes. This fungus can grow into blood vessels, destroying tissue, ...

(NewsNation) — The most prevalent blood protein in the body could prevent a rare but deadly fungal infection. A new study published in Nature found that albumin, the most abundant protein in human ...

A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human tissue. In a study published in Nature Communications, the scientists ...

Ashraf Ibrahim, PhD, and members of his lab at The Lundquist Institute. Mucormycosis, sometimes called “black fungus,” is a fast-moving infection caused by Mucorales fungi and can be deadly in up to ...