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UK officials warn a drug-resistant super fungus is spreading and causing severe groin infections, prompting advice to seek ...

Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The ...

A ONCE-RARE genital super-fungus that can only be killed off with a ‘toxic’ treatment is now spreading at pace among families ...

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The way the world grows protein is straining the planet. Raising animals for food covers close to 40 percent of all farmland, ...

In new research from Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China, a gene-edited strain of Fusarium venenatum produced richer, more ...