A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...

Their study, published in Nucleic Acids Research, focused on the mold fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, which can cause life-threatening infections, especially in immunocompromised people.

Nucleic acids articles from across Nature Portfolio Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are polymers of nucleotides – each nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and one of the ...

Fungal mycelium (green) proliferates on untreated paper (left). But the nontoxic, textured, fungicidal coating (right) prevents all fungal growth temporarily.