New research from the Hoskins and Hull Labs points to a promising new avenue for treating harmful fungal infections.
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New Antifungal Molecule Kills Fungi Without Toxicity in Human Cells, Mice
A new antifungal molecule has the potential to harness Amphotericin B’s power against fungal infections while doing away with its toxicity.
Scientists pinpoint structure of antifungal, challenge binding mechanism
Nearly seventy years after the discovery of Amphotericin B, scientists are still learning from this enigmatic drug. UW–Madison scientists, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the National Institutes of …