Fungicide resistance in plant pathogens has emerged as a critical concern for global agriculture, threatening crop yields and food security. This phenomenon occurs when fungal populations evolve ...

Efficient plant protection is of fundamental importance in order to warrant food security. Here, we present arguments that a coordinate approach in plant protection is urgently required, taking ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of ...

From the earliest days of the pandemic that shocked the world in 2020, researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center tracked the rapid evolution and spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 by studying how ...

Pathogens like E. coli and SARS-Cov2 mutate and are often resistant to current vaccinations. RIT researcher Blanca Lapizco-Encinas found new ways to identify those mutations faster. Resurrecting an ...

Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and ...

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign ...

An international research team reveals new molecular mechanisms associated with pathogenic mutations in the protein ...

Co-lead study author Ravneet Sidhu examines a human tooth at McMaster University’s Ancient DNA Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. The team collected samples of Yersinia pestis from human remains. - McMaster ...

Editor’s Note (1/6/25): The Louisiana Department of Health has announced that the patient in the state who had been hospitalized with severe H5N1 avian influenza has died. The individual had ...