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Upcycling polyethylene waste into pharmacologically useful natural products

Plastic waste is one of the most significant ecological and economic problems of our time. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research team has now introduced a chemical–biological method for upcycling polyethylene waste: catalytic cleavage is used to make carboxylic diacids that are subsequently converted into pharmacologically useful natural products by genetically engineered fungi.

30 Nov 2022

Acute COVID-19 infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad gut microbes

In an intensive look at the effects of the virus causing COVID-19 on patients' microbiome – the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body – Rutgers scientists found that acute infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad microbes in the gut, especially with antibiotic treatment.

28 Nov 2022

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

As part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Week 2022, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Tomislav Meštrović about his new research discussing the burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region, as well as about how we can prevent antimicrobial resistance together.

24 Nov 2022

Study can provide deeper insight into the link between common oral bacteria and other diseases

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified the bacteria most commonly found in severe oral infections. Few such studies have been done before, and the team now hopes that the study can provide deeper insight into the association between oral bacteria and other diseases. The study is published in Microbiology Spectrum.

24 Nov 2022

What Impact is Antimicrobial Resistance having on Animal Health?

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022, we speak to Junxia Song, FAO Senior Animal Health Officer, about the impact AMR is having on animal health.

24 Nov 2022

Genome sequencing reveals a common ancestor for about 600 seemingly disparate fungi

About 600 seemingly disparate fungi that never quite found a fit along the fungal family tree have been shown to have a common ancestor, according to a University of Alberta-led research team that used genome sequencing to give these peculiar creatures their own classification home.

23 Nov 2022

Fungi detected in 35 cancer types, often intracellular

In a recent article published in the journal Cell, researchers found fungal deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and cells at low abundances across many human cancers, with cancer type-dependent variations in fungus community composition and fungal-bacteriome interactions.

22 Nov 2022

Experts highlight the expanding presence and emerging risks from three endemic fungal diseases

Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, symptoms and relative risks.

22 Nov 2022

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance; A Conversation with the World Health Organisation

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), we speak to Silvia Bertagnolio from the WHO, about the importance of raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance.

21 Nov 2022

In our rapidly changing world, parasites and vectors thrive

Recently, researchers reviewed the incidence and management of emerging parasites and vectors associated with human and veterinary organisms.

20 Nov 2022

Why we should all eat Kimchi and other Korean fermented foods

A recent study reviews various traditional Korean fermented foods for their various health benefits.

20 Nov 2022

The antimicrobial activity of tee tree oil nanoliposomes against Escherichia coli

The main aim of the current study is to develop a new drug to promote sustainable and healthy animal husbandry in China.

18 Nov 2022

Experts highlight the need to study and develop treatments for fungal infections

Fungi in the soil cause a significant number of serious lung infections in 48 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, including many areas long thought to be free of deadly environmental fungi, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

17 Nov 2022

fungi News and Research

Upcycling polyethylene waste into pharmacologically useful natural products

Acute COVID-19 infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad gut microbes

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

Study can provide deeper insight into the link between common oral bacteria and other diseases

What Impact is Antimicrobial Resistance having on Animal Health?

Genome sequencing reveals a common ancestor for about 600 seemingly disparate fungi

Fungi detected in 35 cancer types, often intracellular

Experts highlight the expanding presence and emerging risks from three endemic fungal diseases

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance; A Conversation with the World Health Organisation

In our rapidly changing world, parasites and vectors thrive

Why we should all eat Kimchi and other Korean fermented foods

The antimicrobial activity of tee tree oil nanoliposomes against Escherichia coli

Experts highlight the need to study and develop treatments for fungal infections

Association of COVID-19 severity with nasopharyngeal fungal colonization and interleukin-17 induction

An unprecedented list of health-threatening fungi released by the WHO

New diagnostic method applies machine learning to advanced genomics data to detect sepsis

Risk of viral spillover found to increase with a warming climate in High Arctic lake sediments

Rare insect-eating mushrooms show potential to develop new anti-viral and cancer medications

Fungal involvement in tumors may drive worse cancer outcomes

The compositional and functional diversity of the gut fungal microbiome

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

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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