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As the world grapples with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, another insidious threat looms large: drug-resistant fungi.

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Chytrid Fungus Deploys Varying Strategies to Infect Amphibians

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Fungal Pathogens Flourish in the Pandemic’s Shadow

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Fungal DNA, Cells Found in Human Tumors

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Fungal Cold Adaptation Linked to Protein Structure Changes: Study

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The Double Life of a Fungus: Defends Beetle, Attacks Plant

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Science Snapshot: Taming the Fungus Amongus

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This Fungus Has More Than 17,000 Sexes

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Can Mushrooms “Talk” to Each Other?

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Researchers Resurrect Coffee-Destroying Fungus—to Study It

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CDC Warns of Person-to-Person Transmission of Resistant Fungus

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Fungi Squeezed Through Microchannels Offer Clues to Cell Growth

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Adriana L. Romero-Olivares Tracks Fungi’s Response to Climate Change

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Infographic: How Fungi Squeeze Through Tight Spaces—or Don’t

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Rare Fungal Infection Affecting COVID-19 Patients in India

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Dick Staples, Plant Pathologist, Dies at 94

Gloria Echeverria Investigates an Insidious Form of Breast Cancer

Newly Found Proteins Stop Fungal “Bleeding”

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Wheat Blast Arrives in Zambia, First Time in Africa

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Fungus Behind Deadly Bat Disease Found in Northern California

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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