Microbiologists find source of fungus's damaging growth
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 17:14
in Biology & Nature
Candida albicans, a fungus that kills more than 10,000 people with weakened immune systems each year, grows more dangerous as it forms and extends long strands of cells called hyphal filaments. In a paper published this month, UT Health Science Center San Antonio microbiologists describe a key factor involved in this damaging growth.