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Wound warriors: How microbes influence healing and infection risks

Study explores how wound microbiota affect skin repair and infection risk by altering host immune responses, underscoring the complexity of microbial interactions in wound healing.

7 Apr 2024

Turning wine waste into wellness: Grape pomace's journey from by-product to superfood

A study in Foods highlights grape pomace's (GP) potential in preventing winery waste, showcasing its bioactive properties for health benefits and applications in food and cosmetics, contributing to sustainable industry practices.

15 Feb 2024

Bladder and gut fermentation syndromes: Uncommon disorders with significant implications

Study reviews bladder fermentation syndrome (BFS) and gut fermentation syndrome (GFS), highlighting their etiology, diagnosis, and treatment, and emphasizing the importance of recognizing these conditions to avoid misinterpretation in abstinence monitoring.

23 Jan 2024

Drug-resistant Candida: Study uncovers evolutionary tricks of a fungal pathogen

Global fungal infections, which affect one billion people and cause 1.5 million deaths each year, are on the rise due to the increasing number of medical treatments that heighten vulnerability.

12 Jan 2024

New research may pave the way for treatment of vaginal yeast infections

New research could one day pave the way for the treatment of vaginal yeast infections, by shedding new light on how microbes in the body absorb zinc.

6 Dec 2023

Study sheds light on role of gut fungi in severe COVID-19 and long COVID

Certain gut-dwelling fungi flourish in severe cases of COVID-19, amplifying the excessive inflammation that drives this disease while also causing long-lasting changes in the immune system, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

24 Oct 2023

New insights into how neutrophils fight Candida albicans infection

Umeå University researchers, Sweden, unveil how the most common white blood cells, neutrophils, counter Candida albicans toxin stopping its tracks.

5 Oct 2023

Yeast in the gut linked to Crohn's disease inflammation, opening new doors for treatment

New study in Nature Medicine links yeast cells in the gastrointestinal tract to abnormal immune responses causing inflammation in Crohn's disease patients. The research suggests that these yeast-reactive T-cells could be a potential therapeutic target, offering new avenues for treatment.

27 Sep 2023

Gut feeling: How your microbiome could be shaping your mental health

Researchers in Biological Psychiatry delve into the complex relationship between the gut microbiome and mental health disorders like depression and bipolar disorder. The study explores how not just gut bacteria, but also lesser-known gut microorganisms such as viruses, fungi, and parasites, play a pivotal role in mood disorders.

5 Sep 2023

Glycans and GBPs: How their interplay shapes immunity in infection and autoimmune diseases

Researchers discuss the regulatory roles of glycans and glycan-binding proteins in modulating immune responses.

21 Aug 2023

Maintaining the health of the gut microbiome by a new peptide

Peptide YY (PYY), a hormone produced by gut endocrine cells that was already known to control appetite, also plays an important role in maintaining the balance of fungi in the digestive system of mammals, according to new research from the University of Chicago.

4 Aug 2023

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Researchers use nanopore sequencing to determine the fungal and bacterial microbiota in the lungs of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.

24 Jul 2023

Understanding the mechanisms behind rising antifungal drug resistance

In a recent study, researchers addressed the issue of the rise of antifungal drugs-resistant infections and the advent of multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens.

19 Jul 2023

New drug shows synergistic effect with antifungals in killing drug-resistant fungi

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that brilacidin, a new drug tested for treatment of diseases ranging from bacterial skin infections to COVID-19, can kill drug-resistant strains of fungi when combined with two classes of antifungals available on the market.

10 Jul 2023

The contribution of transcription factor ROB1 to the pathophysiology of C. albicans-induced candidal infections

Researchers evaluated the function of the zinc finger transcription factor ROB1 and its two phenotypically distinct alleles in the pathogenesis of Candida albicans infections.

20 Jun 2023

$1.9 million grant awarded to explore the effect of antifungal drugs in Crohn's patients

Dr. Iliyan D. Iliev, an associate professor of immunology in medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, co-director of the Microbiome Core and a member of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at Weill Cornell Medicine, is the lead investigator on a grant to Weill Cornell Medicine from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to target pathogenic fungi in patients with Crohn's disease.

15 Jun 2023

Scientist identifies the specific mechanistic cause of life-threatening fungal infections

Major fungal infections have become more common across the globe, and one unexpected phenomenon among the rise of fungi is life-threatening infections as a result of a complication of certain immunotherapies and small molecule kinase inhibitors.

15 Jun 2023

Study reports outbreak of C. vulturna in a hospital in China

Researchers reported an increase in Candida vulturna infections among residents of China between 2019 and 2022.

15 Jun 2023

Endophytic fungi Penicillium verhagenii: an exploration of its anticancer, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and larvicidal activity

Researchers explored the use of endophytic fungi to fabricate selenium nanoparticles.

6 Jun 2023

Vaginal microbial diversity and pregnancy outcomes

Researchers examined the diversity, community-type prevalence, and role of the vaginal microbiota in various pregnancy outcomes.

6 Jun 2023

Candida Albicans News and Research

Wound warriors: How microbes influence healing and infection risks

Turning wine waste into wellness: Grape pomace's journey from by-product to superfood

Bladder and gut fermentation syndromes: Uncommon disorders with significant implications

Drug-resistant Candida: Study uncovers evolutionary tricks of a fungal pathogen

New research may pave the way for treatment of vaginal yeast infections

Study sheds light on role of gut fungi in severe COVID-19 and long COVID

New insights into how neutrophils fight Candida albicans infection

Yeast in the gut linked to Crohn's disease inflammation, opening new doors for treatment

Gut feeling: How your microbiome could be shaping your mental health

Glycans and GBPs: How their interplay shapes immunity in infection and autoimmune diseases

Maintaining the health of the gut microbiome by a new peptide

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Understanding the mechanisms behind rising antifungal drug resistance

New drug shows synergistic effect with antifungals in killing drug-resistant fungi

The contribution of transcription factor ROB1 to the pathophysiology of C. albicans-induced candidal infections

$1.9 million grant awarded to explore the effect of antifungal drugs in Crohn's patients

Scientist identifies the specific mechanistic cause of life-threatening fungal infections

Study reports outbreak of C. vulturna in a hospital in China

Endophytic fungi Penicillium verhagenii: an exploration of its anticancer, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and larvicidal activity

Vaginal microbial diversity and pregnancy outcomes

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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