Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...
In what appears to be the first-ever recorded case of its kind, a fungus that usually infects plants has infected a human host, putting root-like filaments into his body. A 61-year-old mycologist in ...
The "gut microbiome" has become a popular health term in recent years. It's easy to see why, with an abundance of research showing how important the trillions of microbes living in our gut are for ...
When it comes to the trillions of microorganisms that inhabit our bodies, bacteria get almost all the attention. Changes in our resident microbiota and their collective genome — called the microbiome ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man in India visited a doctor for a sore throat that affected his ability to eat and swallow. Doctors found an abscess in his ...
Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 in the journal PLOS Biology ...