The mold, found in soil, composts ... Only three classes of antifungal drugs are available to treat disease, and only one class, the azoles, is suitable for long-term oral administration.

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in ...

Benji Jones: You could say there are two types of mold: the good and the bad. Penicillium notatum, for example, gave rise to the drug penicillin. Which, by some estimates, has saved at least 200 ...

A dried sample of the original Penicillium mold that Fleming discovered in 1928. Cade Martin For many people, a bloom of mold symbolizes failure. But this small medallion of mold, its two dots of ...