An international research team led by Konrad Meister from Boise State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has identified a new class ...

Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that includes Virginia ...

Scientists have developed two powerful molecular tools that reveal how plants and fungi coordinate one of Earth’s oldest biological partnerships.

Eisosomes are specialised protein and lipid assemblies that organise the plasma membrane into distinct domains in fungi. These structures play a crucial role in compartmentalising membrane functions, ...

Antifungal proteins (AFPs) produced by filamentous fungi are emerging as a promising class of bioactive compounds with significant potential in agricultural, clinical and biotechnological applications ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new hero in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest fungal infections: albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood. In a major international study, ...

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A new study published in Nature found that albumin acted as a defense against mucormycosis.

Fungi have quietly shaped the trajectory of human civilization, from the diets of Paleolithic foragers to the beer in modern glasses and the experimental psychiatric drugs now in clinical trials. The ...

A research team has reviewed the mechanisms behind endophyte-mediated disease resistance in strong creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra subsp. rubra) and identified the antifungal protein Efe-AfpA ...

A picture of the edible fungus genetically engineered by scientists. (Xiao Liu via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Frankenstein fungi that tastes similar to meat and is easy to digest has been created. The ...