Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans, a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating. But a new study shows that C.

In a recent Science Advances study, scientists have developed a novel nanozyme-probiotic combination therapy for Candida vaginitis, which shows potency in killing the causative pathogen, restoring ...

Before Candida auris was identified in 2009, most invasive candida infections were caused by Candida albicans. For the most part, healthy people do not have to worry about invasive candida infections.

Previous research has implicated fungi in chronic neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, but there is limited understanding of how these common microbes could be involved in the ...

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways A yeast infection under the breast often occurs due to warmth, ...

Candida albicans is a type of yeast that naturally lives in the mouth, digestive tract, skin, and other moist areas of the body. It’s harmless when kept in check by the immune system, but when it ...

A protein called Sir2 may facilitate C. albicans' transition from ovoid yeast to thread-like hypha. C. albicans cells that were missing the Sir2 gene were less likely to form true hyphae in lab ...

An estimated 1.5 million deaths worldwide are attributed to invasive fungal diseases annually. 5 Of these, hospital-acquired infections—most frequently caused by species of Candida—account for around ...

(THE CONVERSATION/AP) - In late March 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted the threat posed by a rapidly spreading fungus called Candida auris that is causing ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- You might call Candida albicans a shape-shifter: As this fungus grows, it can multiply as single, oval-shaped cells called yeast or propagate in an elongated form called hypha, ...