A bacterium makes a molecule that kills drug-resistant fungi in an unusual way — by targeting various phospholipid molecules ...

Mandimycin is structurally similar to the last-line-of-defense antifungal amphotericin B, another glycosylated polyene ...

As fungi resistant to traditional treatments continue to spread around the globe, researchers from China Pharmaceutical ...

The drug, named mandimycin, is a member of a known family of bacterial products with antifungal properties, the polyene macrolides. Unlike known compounds in this family, mandimycin binds to a ...