Size matters -- in virulent fungal spores -- and suggests ways to stop a killer

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found that larger fungal spores can be more lethal. Their findings about two different spore sizes of the fungus Mucor circinelloides, a pathogen that kills half or more of its victims, could help to develop new treatments and fight other types of fungal infections.

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