Larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, are a convenient in vivo model for
assessing the activity and toxicity of antimicrobial agents and for studying the immune …

In only a matter of months, the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has spread around
the world. The global impact of the disease has caused significant and repeated calls for …

Crowdsourcing shifts medical research from a closed environment to an open collaboration
between the public and researchers. We define crowdsourcing as an approach to problem …

The treatment of invasive fungal infections remains challenging and the emergence of new
fungal pathogens as well as the development of resistance to the main antifungal drugs …

The immune system of insects and the innate immune response of mammals share many
similarities and, as a result, insects may be used to assess the virulence of fungal pathogens …

Eumycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous neglected tropical disease that can be caused by
more than 40 different fungal causative agents. The most common causative agents produce …

The immune response of insects displays many structural and functional similarities to the
innate immune response of mammals. As a result of these conserved features, insects may …

Fungal infections pose a significant and increasing threat to human health, but the current
arsenal of antifungal drugs is inadequate. We screened the Medicines for Malaria Venture …

Introduction The three fungal skin neglected tropical diseases (NTD)–mycetoma,
chromoblastomycosis and sporotrichosis–currently lack prioritization and support to …

Mycetoma is a WHO recognised neglected tropical disease that is a subcutaneous chronic
granulomatous progressively morbid inflammatory disease [1]. It frequently affects young …