Scientists at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a promising new model to study a pneumonia-causing fungus that has been notoriously difficult to culture in a lab. Researchers were ...
Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated in a mouse model that a specific type of T cell, one of the body's potent immune defenses, produces cytokines ...
Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated in a mouse model that a specific type of T cell, one of the body's potent immune defenses, produces cytokines ...
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is the most common fungal pneumonia in children. But current diagnostic methods can take days an require an invasive bronchoscopy procedure. Now, a new ...
The WHO fungal priority pathogens list exposes critical diagnostic gaps in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where limited access to rapid, affordable tests hinders timely treatment. To reduce ...
Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Symptoms of pneumonia include shortness of breath, fever, and cough. Here are the five major causes of pneumonia and ...
Even though annual deaths from Aids are coming down – from a peak of 1.9 million in 2004 to 690,000 in 2020 - that’s still way too many. In 2020, 214,000 people with Aids died of tuberculosis (TB), ...
Researchers have identified a specific T cell that produces cytokines necessary for immunity against fungal pathogens. The finding could hasten development of effective fungal vaccines. Fungal ...