The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...

Penn researchers transform a toxic fungus linked to ancient tombs into a powerful anti-cancer compound, offering new hope in ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...

The discovery of a powerful 'weapon' used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy ... we were able to reveal the structure of the enzyme in detail using a technique called X-ray ...

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy ... we were able to reveal the ...

Most plants depend on symbiotic fungi which weave themselves through roots and leaves, provide plants with crucial nutrients, and defend them from disease and drought. Bacteria use fungal networks ...

What makes fungal diseases so dangerous? Fungi produce millions of microscopic spores that can be spread over long distances. The spores are very resistant and can, in some cases, remain viable for up ...

But the world is in the grips of a fungal pandemic—one that’s wreaking havoc on the crops that feed the world’s growing population. If these diseases infected people, I believe they’d be ...

Dramatic scenes in the new HBO series The Last of Us have left many viewers wondering -- could a global outbreak of a devastating fungal disease happen? Could mutant fungus turn us into ...