Fungus

New yeast might prevent deadly fungal infections

The novel yeast works by out-competing rivals, Weizmann Institute study suggests.

Without cells that spur on the specialized antifungal units, the fight against a common infection is a lost cause.

TR4, the fungus which led Colombia to declare a national emergency, presents a growing threat to Israel's banana crops.

Fungus which devastated banana plants across the eastern hemisphere makes its way to major banana exporter.

Israeli researchers cultivate desert truffles worth more than uranium.

The death toll has reached 11 in a lethal outbreak of fungal meningitis that so far has spread to 10 states in the United States.

Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered a mutually beneficial relationship between fungi and bacteria that allows both to spread.