Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that includes Virginia ...

Plants are constantly on guard. Their roots are equipped with molecular alarm systems that detect invading microbes and trigger immune responses. Yet beneficial soil fungi routinely enter living root ...

Scientists have developed two powerful molecular tools that reveal how plants and fungi coordinate one of Earth’s oldest biological partnerships.

Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal infections can also send long hyphae into the body that are extremely difficult to ...

Our bodies are home to millions of fungi that, for the most part, are completely harmless. However, they can sometimes change ...

Some long-lived fungi species appear to be able to use a special type of cell division to stop cell mutations in their tracks, reducing the chances of cancers growing, scientists have discovered.

Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the host and its resident. It may seem unusual, but complex cells are thought ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have published new findings in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics on critical cellular processes triggered when cells respond to ...

Shoring up defense against antifungal treatment leaves Candida parapsilosis perilously exposed.

Chinese scientists create modified fungus that tastes like meat, produces protein quickly, and uses 70 percent less land.

Numerous species of fungi exist in cancer cells and differ by tumor type, according to findings from a large study of multiple sample types across 35 different cancers. The investigators characterized ...