Wake Forest Study: Dermatologists Provide Better, Cheaper Care For Fungal Skin Disease
...ore costly medications forathlete's foot and other fungal skin disease. The study has implications n...conclusion on an analysis of visits to doctors for fungal skininfections as recorded in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for1990-1994. The ...A new fungal disease appears to be responsible for mass deaths ...the UK and USA. They've found evidence that a new fungal disease is causing mass mortalities in amphibian populations in both Australia and Panama. In 1993 ...At Last, Zoologists May Know What Is Killing The World's Amphibians
...tained a proliferation of round cells, rather than fungal filaments, Nicholsthought it was a protozoan. Earl Green of the Maryland Animal Health Laboratoryin College Park made the same mistake when he examined specimens collected in1996 and 1997 from western Panama by Karen Lips of St Lawrence University in...Edible Lily Plant Yields A Natural Pesticide
...r plants. Monde says that they carefully ruled out fungal or microbial origins of thesechlorine compounds, and he is convinced that only the lily plant isresponsiblefor making these compounds to defend itself from attack. These naturalorganochlorine pesticides are very unstable. This natural tendency tobr...Plant Pathologists Collaborate Worldwide To Combat Sorghum Ergot
...dwide, has developed a serious enemy, ergot. This fungal disease has plantpathologists working intensely to accumulate information and develop strategiesto combat the disease which can cause severe crop loss and economic hardship. "Ergot is a serious disease primarily affecting the production of hybrid sor...National Network Provides Update On Devastating Corn Disease
...ich tells us that hybrids with resistance to local fungal populations willhave a resistant reaction at other locations as well. This is key for cornbreeders. Using resistant hybrids in combination with crop rotation willdefinitely restrict yield losses." Although the fungus which causes this disease, Cerc...Desert Researcher Receives Environmental Award
...Dr. Friedman discovered algal, cyanobacterial, and fungal microbiota of both hotand cold deserts of the world. The discovery expanded what was formerlyconceived of as the limits of life on the planet. He discovered that somemicrobiota were hidden from view under the surficial crusts of porous rocks. Prior...Virulent Fungus Devastating Potato Crops
... fungicide. This resistance makes suppressing the fungal epidemic more difficult, he says. US-8 is more aggressive than US-1, the strain responsible for the Irish Potato Famine, which is easily controlled by metalaxyl, according to Fry. The new strain is remarkably rapid and destructive, devastating appar...Amphibian Mortality Due To UV Radiation
..., saidKiesecker, who reports seeing an outbreak of fungal pathogens in a number ofamphibian species in the last 10 years. Amphibians are ideal species for the study of UV-B exposure, he noted. Many lay their eggs in open, shallow water where exposure to UV-B is high. Typically, a population of 200...Crop Devastation To Be Discussed At National Head Blight Forum
... National Fusarium Head Blight Forum.Scab, as this fungal disease is commonly called, is responsiblefor an increasing annual devastation of wheat and barley cropsacross the United States and Canada. During 1996, scab epidemicsoccurred in Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,Michigan, New ...Discovery Of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways To Combat Candida Infections
... given that current treatment options for invasive fungal infections are seriously limited. "If we could des... that this genetic pathway is a common theme among fungal pathogens and so may provide important insights on how plant and animal pathogens work." The resul...Fighting Wheat Scab In New York State
... using naturally occurring microorganisms to fight fungal infections of wheat and corn plants in both the United States and Brazil. Wilmar da Luz, Cornell Ph.D. '86, directs the project in Brazil and is working with Bergstrom. Brazilian scientists have isolated thousands of strains of bacteria and yeast gr...Duke researchers find existing drugs can stop fungus that attacks AIDS patients
...e most promising compoundin animals afflicted with fungal infections. In the May 15 issue of the EMBO ...grant. C. neoformans is the leading cause of fungal meningitis, a serious andsometimes deadly infection of the thin membrane that covers and protectsthe...