Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - aspergillus /channels/news_feeds/all/term/aspergillus/rss en No more ‘sugar-coating’ on invasive fungus /channels/news/no-more-%E2%80%98sugar-coating%E2%80%99-invasive-fungus-256594 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>There are believed to be around 1.5 million different species of fungus on Earth, but one mold, known as <em>Aspergillus fumigatus</em>, causes the majority of cases of invasive aspergillosis – a devastating illness that kills 90 per cent of patients with weakened immune systems or lung diseases.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/aspergillus_fumigatus_mold_on_tomato_1595014.jpg?itok=eAKKhmDl" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:51:26 +0000 webfull 113811 at /channels