Researcher explores mechanisms behind the antifungal resistant infections to find new curative therapeutics
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
The fungus among us is becoming resistant to treatment, and one researcher wants to know why.
Virginia Tech researcher Jose Vargas-Muniz recently received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to better understand the role of the septins, a cytoskeleton protein, within the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus when exposed to the antifungal drug caspof . . .
The fungus among us is becoming resistant to treatment, and one researcher wants to know why.
Virginia Tech researcher Jose Vargas-Muniz recently received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to better understand the role of the septins, a cytoskeleton protein, within the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus when exposed to the antifungal drug caspof . . .