Good luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild

Researchers dig ‘spas’ and install ‘saunas’ in ACT wetlands to give green and golden bell frogs the best chance of survival ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Three Stunning Ways Biologists Aim to Edit Animal and Plant Genes to Fight Diseases and Extinction

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...
The Conversation

Tiny animals use stolen genes to fight infections – and could fight antibiotic resistance too

Christopher G. Wilson receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Reuben W. Nowell receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Tim ...

Study finds albumin, the most abundant blood protein, acts as a shield against deadly fungal infections

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with collaborators from Greece, Europe, the U.S., and India, have discovered a ...
Salon

Fungi deserve same protections as plants and animals, conservationists argue

Fungi have a nasty reputation among humans. They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats and ...