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Tag: Candida albicans

Microbiologist Florentine Marx-Ladurner and her team looking at fungal probes in their lab at Medical University of Innsbruck.

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14 September 2020

A new way of combating fungal infections

In agriculture, fungicides are used to combat fungal infections, and in medicine, antimycotics – both of which have their drawbacks. The microbiologist Florentine Marx-Ladurner is working on a new, more natural active substance. The antifungal compounds she is developing in her laboratory in Innsbruck are based on proteins that originate from moulds. Continue reading “A new way of combating fungal infections”

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