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  • Experimental Vaccine Would Be the First to Fight Off Fungi

    Experimental Vaccine Would Be the First to Fight Off Fungi

    The Last of Us, eat your heart out. Scientists at the University of Georgia say they’ve developed a vaccine that should be able to protect against a variety of dangerous fungi. In animal studies, the vaccine prevented severe infections and deaths from three types of fungi that often cause opportunistic illness in people. The team…


  • Scientists Discover First Lifeform Known to Eat Viruses

    Scientists Discover First Lifeform Known to Eat Viruses

    Viruses are apparently no exception to the dog-eat-dog world that is nature. In a recent study, scientists have found evidence that some microscopic organisms actively feed on viruses. Though this may be the first “virovore” ever documented, many others likely exist, the team says.