Amid the fractured concrete and lingering radiation of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a microscopic lifeform has taken ...

Researchers have discovered that a fungus growing inside Chernobyl’s most radioactive reactor has developed an unusual ...

Deep in the irradiated ruins of Chernobyl, a black fungus appears to be not just surviving but thriving. Scientists now think ...

Using CRISPR gene editing technology, researchers from Jiangnan University in China took a fungus that is already used as a ...

In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a gene-editing ...

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

CRISPR has turned a simple fungus into a fast-growing, meat-like protein source with impressively low environmental impact.

A breakthrough study has just supercharged Fusarium venenatum (the fungus used in mycoprotein products like Quorn), turning ...

A new study has researched a chemical compound derived from a unique caterpillar fungus known for its potential as a cancer treatment. This study has uncovered the intricate mechanisms by which this ...

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

The thick hypha (12 µm wide) emerged by branching from the thin hyphae (4 µm wide). The nuclei were visualized using histone-GFP. These findings offer fundamental insights into how cell volume and ...

Life-threatening fungal lung infections could be treated with modified immune cells known as CAR T-cells, a study in mice suggests. People often breathe in a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus that ...