Science news articles about 'antifungal drugs'

... The mutant mold without srbA could no longer cause disease. It was also highly susceptible to antifungal drugs, more vulnerable than the original, complete mold. Further study showed that srbA plays ...

... a fungus like Aspergillus, and there's nothing you can do about it." The development of effective antifungal drugs is limited by humans' close evolutionary relationship with fungi, and, in recent ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., April 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it plans to launch a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread to study how effectively drugs work in space.

... about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The nanosatellite, known as PharmaSat, is a secondary payload aboard a U.S. Air ...

... administered intravenously, not orally, which presents challenges in outpatient settings. The most widely used antifungal drug that can be given orally slows the growth of fungus cells but it doesn't ...

... i.e. without causing side effects. We must therefore safeguard the effectiveness of the few antifungal drugs that are available today. Resistance to these would leave many diseases without effective ...

... yeast fungus to help us find new drug targets and so design new ways to ... Ma. "Worryingly, this enables the cryptococci to avoid antifungal drugs and other treatments as well as our normal immune system ...

... and will shed new light on its ability to adapt to new environments and its resistance to antifungal drugs. It is hoped the results of this research will lead to new ways of controlling this deadly ...

... can improve the symptoms of those who suffer from severe asthma. The researchers compared the oral antifungal drug itraconazole with a placebo over eight months and found that nearly 60% of patients ...

... drugs have low numbers of IgM memory B cells could be useful in deciding which patients should receive antifungal drugs to prevent meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans," says Dr. Pirofski.

... are trying different approaches to treat existing Bd infection. Some are treating tadpoles with antifungal drugs, whilst more innovative approaches involve introducing 'probiotic' bacteria that ...