Baker's yeast protects against fatal infections
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 02:01
in Health & Medicine
Injecting mice with simple baker's yeast protects against the fatal fungal infection, aspergillosis, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The work could lead to the development of a human vaccine that protects immunocompromised people against a range of life-threatening fungal infections, for which current therapy often fails.