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, consisting of ...

Candin achieved a 45.4% durable clearance rate for the treated wart, nearly doubling the 23.4% clearance rate observed in the placebo group. Topline data were announced from a completed phase 3 trial ...

Researchers at the University of Guelph have developed a faster way to identify potential drug targets against a dangerous ...

A critical human fungal pathogen, Candida albicans employs an array of virulence factors to colonise and invade host tissues. Morphological switching between yeast and hyphal forms enables adaptation ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). While gut bacteria have been linked to CVD, the role of intestinal ...

Candida albicans is a polymorphic fungal species that inhabits mucosal surfaces as a benign commensal yet retains the capacity to cause life-threatening infections. Its pathogenic potential is ...

University of Illinois Chicago-led researchers have found that a common gut yeast, Candida albicans, can help Salmonella Typhimurium take hold in the intestine and spread through the body. When ...

About 80% of people have the fungus Candida albicans in their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years, causing no health problems, C. albicans can turn into a dangerous microbe ...

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.

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 ...