In the first study of human fungal skin diversity, researchers sequenced the DNA of fungi at skin sites of healthy adults to define the normal populations across the skin and to provide a ...

While humans have harnessed the power of yeast to ferment bread and beer, the function of yeast or other types of fungi that live in and on the human body is not well understood. In the first study of ...

Scientists from P&G Beauty announced that they successfully sequenced the complete genome for Malassezia globosa, a naturally-occurring fungus responsible for the onset of dandruff and other skin ...

The Fungus on Your Skin Can Stave Off An Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Learn more about Malassezia, a type of fungi that’s found on human skin, which could help humans fight off antibiotic-resistant ...

FUNGUS AMONG US One genus of fungi (green and blue specks) colonizes most of human skin, including this hair follicle from a person’s back. But more than 80 different groups reside on the feet.

In a first, a team of Australian scientists has grown the world's first fully functioning lab-made human skin with its own blood supply. The advance may pave the way for better treatment of skin ...

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have become the first in the world to successfully grow fully functioning human ...