In a recent article published in the journal Cell, researchers found fungal deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and cells at low abundances across many human cancers, with cancer type-dependent variations in ...

Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...

Studies that scrutinized thousands of tumour samples provide the clearest link yet between cancer and fungi — but more research is needed. For years, evidence has been mounting that bacteria are ...

Most plants form beneficial relationships with belowground mycorrhizal fungi that help them access soil nutrients in exchange for sugars. These plant-fungal relationships are the most common type of ...

Candida auris is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening fungus resistant to most antifungal medications. Wisconsin had ...

The fungus can live on surfaces, move from person to person and, in some cases, resist the drugs used to treat it. For people ...

Taxonomic families include different genera — or plural of genus — which themselves include different species. Scientists classify organisms into these taxonomic groups to better understand how they ...

Three types of fungi that cause serious lung infections and were once thought to be confined to certain regions of the United States are now widespread. Medicare records from 2007 through 2016 show ...