The fungi in our guts can make cases of Covid worse
The immune system can get kicked into overdrive when the fungi run riot.
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Blue cheese shows off new colors, but the taste largely remains the same
Read more: Blue cheese shows off new colors, but the taste largely remains the sameFuture varieties could be yellow-green, reddish-brown-pink, or light blue.
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What turns a fungal scavenger into a killer?
Read more: What turns a fungal scavenger into a killer?Beware the sticky, tricky genetic weapons of a fungal carnivore.
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How these parasitic worms turn brown shrimp into bright orange “zombies”
Read more: How these parasitic worms turn brown shrimp into bright orange “zombies”Infection activates gene expression for pigmentation, suppresses immune response.
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Drug-resistant ringworm reported in US for first time; community spread likely
Read more: Drug-resistant ringworm reported in US for first time; community spread likelyThe newly emerging fungal pathogen is often misidentified in common lab tests.
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Deadly fungal outbreak in Wisconsin linked to neighborhood construction
Read more: Deadly fungal outbreak in Wisconsin linked to neighborhood constructionThe outbreak centered around a one-mile area where the fungus wasn’t known to lurk.
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Deadly drug-resistant yeast gained ground, more drug resistance amid COVID
Read more: Deadly drug-resistant yeast gained ground, more drug resistance amid COVIDCandida auris is considered an “urgent threat” and is rising fast.
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How Fungi Could Cause the Next Pandemic
Read more: How Fungi Could Cause the Next PandemicFungi are some of the strangest living things on Earth. Some are single-celled organisms like bacteria, other are multicellular beings akin to plants and animals. Some can even shapeshift between these forms of life. However they look, they’re an integ…
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The Last of Us is over. But can a zombie outbreak happen in real life?
Read more: The Last of Us is over. But can a zombie outbreak happen in real life?Now that The Last of Us season one is over, Digital Trends talked to a microbiologist to find out if the fungi outbreak in the hit HBO show can actually happen.
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The Last of Us Is Right: Climate Change Is Making Fungi More Dangerous
Read more: The Last of Us Is Right: Climate Change Is Making Fungi More DangerousHBO has another bonafide hit on its hand with the recent release of The Last of Us, the post-apocalyptic TV show based on the hit 2016 video game series produced by Naughty Dog. Both the game and show (at least through the first three episodes) weave t…
