Have you heard the gruesome tale of flesh-eating fungus known as Cordyceps? It’s a real-life story of ghosts, mummies and zombies that springs to mind every Halloween.
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Several Australians have been hospitalised after consuming ‘mushroom gummies’. This highlights the challenges of regulating products that fall somewhere between a food and a medicine.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
In reality, fungal infections cause thousands of deaths each year – making the need for vaccines urgent.
Fungal infections are quickly becoming a global concern.
Cordyceps fungi that turn insects into “zombies” produce a compound that might be useful for treating cancer.
Infected ants help the fungus to spread its spores and reproduce.
New study shows parasitic Escovopsis fungus attacks the bacteria leafcutter ants use to protect themselves.
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Professor, Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Cellular Signalling, University of Dundee
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Neuroinfections Researcher, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town
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PhD student molecular microbiology, University of East Anglia
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PhD Researcher in Tropical Ecology at the Institute of Zoology and, UCL
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, Southern Cross University