New research has scientists re-thinking how a lethal fungus grows and kills immune cells. The study hints at a new approach to therapy for Candida albicans, one of the most common causes of ...

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, ...

A groundbreaking study from Michigan State University (MSU), published in Nature Communications, reveals how the ...

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

Candida albicans (C. albicans ) is a type of yeast that’s a healthy, normal part of the microbes that live in your body, but it can contribute to yeast infections.

Umeå University researchers, Sweden, unveil how the most common white blood cells, neutrophils, counter Candida albicans toxin stopping its tracks. The results have been published in EMBO Reports.

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 ...

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 ...