{"id":271389,"date":"2025-04-01T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/a-new-antifungal-drug-works-in-a-surprising-way\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:54:23","slug":"a-new-antifungal-drug-works-in-a-surprising-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/a-new-antifungal-drug-works-in-a-surprising-way\/","title":{"rendered":"A new antifungal drug works in a surprising way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A newly discovered bacterial weapon against fungi can kill even drug-resistant strains, raising hopes for a new antifungal drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fungal infections have been spreading rapidly<\/a> and widely in recent years, fueled in part by climate change<\/a>. Some fungi, including Candida auris,<\/em> have developed resistance to some highly effective antifungal drugs<\/a> which have been in use for decades. So scientists have been searching for new drugs to keep fungi in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers in China may have found a new type of antifungal<\/a> called mandimycin, the team reports March 19 in Nature<\/em>. Mandimycin killed fungal infections in mice more effectively than amphotericin B and several other commonly used antifungal drugs. It even worked against resistant C. auris<\/em> strains.<\/p>\n\n\n