fungus

February 20, 2023

Probing hellbender health

Understanding how hellbenders — large, fully aquatic salamanders — fight fungal pathogens and disease is important for protecting these unique stream predators; Vanderbilt researchers add new insights.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 8, 2021

Temperature, newts and a skin-eating fungus

Salamanders are more sensitive to a skin-eating fungus at colder temperatures, pointing to locations of North America where pathogen invasion is most likely.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 9, 2019

Frog fungus fights back

Louise Rollins-Smith and colleagues are exploring how a deadly fungus counters the amphibian immune response and contributes to declining worldwide amphibian populations.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 14, 2018

New histoplasmosis risk map

The new mapping approach, called suitability score mapping, should improve public health assessments and interventions for geographic-specific infections.

By Bill Snyder
April 3, 2017

Fighting fungal infections

A detailed structural and functional analysis of the yeast protein that is the main target of antifungal drugs will help direct efforts to develop better treatments.

By Leigh MacMillan
aspergillus culture
October 7, 2015

Rational design of novel antifungals

Structural and molecular details of an anti-fungal target’s interaction with inhibitors suggest ways to design better treatments for fungal infections.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 25, 2014

Treatments for frog fungus

The fungicide amphotericin B may be a useful treatment for a frog fungus that is killing amphibians worldwide.
By Leigh MacMillan
July 9, 2014

Study finds ‘hot’ frogs fight off fungal pathogen

Simple heat treatments may give the frog immune system a boost and help it fight off a deadly fungal pathogen, according to a new study published July 10 in the journal Nature.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 17, 2013

Frog-killing fungus paralyzes amphibian immune response

A fungus that is killing frogs and other amphibians around the world releases a toxic factor that disables the amphibian immune response, Vanderbilt University investigators report Oct. 18 in the journal Science.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 7, 2011

Fungus toxin gets in the way in DNA

Structural studies are providing insight to how aflatoxin – a toxin produced by fungi – contributes to cancer development.
By Leigh MacMillan