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Engineered peptides that mimic molecules of the innate immune system act synergistically with available drugs to treat Candida albicans in an animal model.

Mycologists programmed immune cells to attack Aspergillus fumigatus, a common infectious species rapidly growing resistant to antifungals.

From sea squirts to ants to opossums on the side of the road, the bacteria that live in animal microbiomes are a surprising source of new antifungals.