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This is a real menace to millions of people who get Aspergillosis. The wide us of these compounds is going to manifest in resistance to many fungal infections o
by aurizon 8y ago
This is a real menace to millions of people who get Aspergillosis. The wide us of these compounds is going to manifest in resistance to many fungal infections of many kinds.
- jonathanjaeger 8y agoThere are a couple biotech companies working on less resistant drugs for Aspergillosis (such as Scynexis and Cidara Therapeutics). That being said, they're just in trials, and probably 2-4 years from commercialization.
- aurizon 8y agoThat is good, too many people are dying now
- ohiovr 8y agoHow long till it ends up in the gardening section of lowes?
- jcl 8y agoIf it's specific to Aspergillis, maybe never? The article says that farmers only really want antifungals that prevent plant diseases -- Aspergillis is an "accidental bystander".