Possible way to turn fungus from foe to friend
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Candida albicans is a double agent: In most of us, it lives peacefully, but for people whose immune systems are compromised by HIV or other severe illnesses, it is frequently deadly. Now a new study shows how targeting a specific fungal component might turn the fungus from a lion back into a kitten.