Here, the authors present a rapid molecular diagnostic method based on magnetic fungal enrichment and CRISPR-based detection. In social insects, the relative roles of individual immunity and ...

Fungal genomics is a scientific discipline that concerns the genome, encompassing the entire hereditary information, of fungi. Fungal genomics can, for example, be used to study fungal evolution ...

Tinea is commonly known as ringworm, a fungal infection that can be found anywhere on the body. It gets its name because of the circular rash it causes. The name of the infection is determined by ...

(Craig Chivers/CBC) About two-thirds of the strains in the Canadian fungal library are unique to this collection and found in no other fungal repository in the world, Scott said. Half the ...

According to a new study, published in the journal Fungal Ecology, fungi may have their own unique measure of intelligence, making them capable of basic shape recognition and decision-making ...

At the time, I figured they were entitled to their misguided opinions. I’d read that ivermectin is effective against parasites — so effective that the doctor who discovered it was awarded a Nobel ...

Fungal infections on the face are caused by an overgrowth of yeast that’s naturally on the skin. In some instances, it can also be caused by another kind of fungus. Yeast infections on the face are ...

Animals taken over by zombies no longer control their own bodies or behaviors. Instead, they serve the interests of a master, whether it's a virus, fungus or some other harmful agent. Those all are ...

We tend to think of animals as the most gifted in that regard… but a species of fungus is offering a challenge to what we think we know about intelligence. A series of experiments has revealed that a ...

An electrician whose itchy lump was initially dismissed as a simple fungal infection is now battling cancer. In February 2020, Ben Collins, 24, from Colchester, Essex, discovered a lump in his ...

Cat fungal infections are caused by fungi, which are parasitic, spore-producing organisms that generally live in soil. These organisms cause infections in cats when inhaled, ingested, or passed into ...

Samantha Jenkins was studying a number of types of fungus in a research project for her company, when one of the fungi made a bid for freedom. "Imagine a jar full of grain with a kind of lump of ...