After Covid-19, will Fungi be the source of our next pandemic - Read report
This is a report by the University of California, Irvine in California. COVID-19 raised international awareness of the threats posed by zoonotic viruses, which jump from animals to humans.
Apr 06, 2022, 13:09 PM IST
100mn bacteria a day will keep the doctor away
The bacteria, fungi and viruses in our food transiently colonise our gut, but cooking kills most of these, so raw fruit and vegetable are particularly important sources of gut microbes.
Jul 29, 2019, 16:04 PM IST
Life on Earth would have been impossible without fungi, says study
The amount of phosphorus transferred could have been very large under the ancient atmospheric conditions, but fungi had the power to dramatically alter the ancient atmosphere, the researchers said.
NASA plans to fight fungus to keep space travellers safe
Human presence in closed habitats is associated with changes in the composition of the fungal community -- the mycobiome -- that grows on surfaces inside the habitat, according to a study published in the journal Microbiome.
Jul 12, 2017, 00:38 AM IST
Sick building syndrome: Fungal toxins in your house can make you ill
Accoding to a group of researchers, there are three types of fungus that can grow on ordinary household wallpaper and spread into the air, leading to serious health consequences.
Jun 26, 2017, 13:49 PM IST
Cancer is a fungus that can be eliminated with baking soda, claims Italian doctor
According to this Italian doctor, cancer is nothing but a fungus which can be eliminated with baking soda.
Jun 14, 2017, 13:13 PM IST
Fungi show green way to recycle batteries
Cunningham's team is developing the environmentally-safe way to do this with organisms found in nature -- fungi in this case -- and putting them in an environment where they can do their work.
Aug 22, 2016, 14:28 PM IST
How plants know whether it is day or night
The findings have implications both for improving crop yield and also in engineering artificial proteins that can be used to release drugs at specific spots in our body to treat cancer cells.
Aug 17, 2016, 16:33 PM IST
Breakthrough in AIDS treatment? Austrian researchers find potential remedy for terrible immune disease!
The research is based on a substance known as resveratrol, that occurs naturally in grapes as a means of defence against fungi and bacteria.
Jul 12, 2016, 09:09 AM IST
Fungal infections 'threat' to human health, warn scientists
More than one million people die from fungal infections around the world each year, but, there are no vaccines yet.
Jul 05, 2016, 10:52 AM IST
Antarctic fungi may survive Martian conditions
The quest for life on Mars is as tantalizing as ever and now, an experiment conducted on the International Space Station has suggested that fungi and lichens may be able to survive on Mars.
Jan 29, 2016, 17:00 PM IST
Fungi may lead to cheaper cancer drug
An anti-cancer substance which is already known to be found in yew trees can also be derived from a kind of microbial "bandage" that protects these trees from disease-causing fungi.
Sep 25, 2015, 12:53 PM IST
Connecting dots with `tree of life` for 2.3 million species
A first draft of the "tree of life" for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes has been released.
Sep 19, 2015, 09:41 AM IST
