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Researcher explores mechanisms behind the antifungal resistant infections to find new curative therapeutics

The fungus among us is becoming resistant to treatment, and one researcher wants to know why. Virginia Tech researcher José Vargas-Muñiz recently received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to better understand the role of the septins, a cytoskeleton protein, within the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus when exposed to the antifungal drug caspofungin.

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The fungus among us is becoming resistant to treatment, and one researcher wants to know why. Virginia Tech researcher José Vargas-Muñiz recently received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to better understand the role of the septins, a cytoskeleton protein, within the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus when exposed to the antifungal drug caspofungin.

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/jose-vargas-muniz-nih-antifungal-resistant-research-flsi.html

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