Attacking Fungal Infection

Fungal infections take more than 1.3 million lives each year worldwide, nearly as many as tuberculosis. Perlin has made it his mission to reduce the death toll and severe disability that fungi can cause.

“More than a million people around the world are blind because of fungal infections of the eye,” Perlin points out, “and half of the world’s 350,000 asthma-related deaths each year stem from fungal infection that could be treated effectively with drugs.” 

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Attacking Fungal Infection, One of the World's Major Killers 

Source: Rutgers today
Image credits: Rob Forman

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