Candida & Candidosis News

Nearly 50 to75% of women suffer from yeast infection. Yeast is a form of fungus .

The Ingber Lab at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston has developed a magnetic blood filtering system to get rid of microbes from blood in situ .

A research project, which has the potential to bring relief to the estimated 3.5 million UK sufferers of oral thrush, has won the A 25,000 Armourers & Brasiers Venture Prize.

June 22, 2009 In what represents one of the largest comparative genomics studies to date, scientists have cracked the genetic code of several fungal species that cause bloodstream infections in patients with suppressed immune systems.

A group of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University Biological Sciences Professor Aaron Mitchell has identified a novel regulatory gene network that plays an important role in the spread of common, and sometimes deadly, fungal infections.

The findings establish the role of Zap1 protein in the activation of genes that regulate the synthesis of biofilm matrix.

In order to attain a better understanding of the interactions between opportunist fungi and their hosts, we investigated the cytokine profile associated with the inflammatory response to Candida albicans infection in mice with solid Ehrlich tumors of different degrees.

A group of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University Biological Sciences Professor Aaron Mitchell has identified a novel regulatory gene network that plays an important role in the spread of common, and sometimes deadly, fungal infections.

Scientists have unlocked the code for the building blocks of fungal organisms which are responsible for mild as well as potentially deadly infections in people.

Candida albicans resides on epithelial surfaces as part of the physiological microflora.

A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off oral yeast infections caused by the most common human fungal pathogen, Candida.

Dear Pharmacist: I've been suffering with abdominal cramps, bloating, a yellow toenail and a white-coated tongue.

Ten to twenty percent of women are infected with Candida albicans, the yeast that causes the condition thrush.

And it may also do so while infecting us, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 23 May 2009 Vaginal thrush is a yeast infection caused by a type of fungus of the candida species, usually Candida albicans .

In a paper published on-line in FEMS Yeast Research, IFR scientists and colleagues from Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Ecuador describe the novel characteristics of Candida carvajalis sp.

I had intended not to respond publicly to the article by Mark Wignall on "Cancer is a fungus", but after reading Part 2 decided that I should do so to set the record straight and because I believe Mr Wignall has some influence with the average reader.

The association between periodontal conditions, oral yeast colonisation and salivary proteins in subjects with type 2 diabetes is not yet documented.

The Candida samples, which can be obtained from blood, serum or vaginal secretions, are placed directly on the biosensor, where the interaction between antigens and antibodies changes the electric current of the devices.

Abstract The mechanisms and rates by which genotypic and phenotypic variation is generated in opportunistic, eukaryotic pathogens during growth in hosts are not well understood.