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'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle (www.livescience.com)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While the relationship between the fungus and spiders is interesting, Evans noted the endpoint of this research should be the potential human medicines that could come from the antibiotics and other substances the fungus produces. "It's a medicinal treasure chest," he said.

Oh no, haha. What could go wrong?

On a more serious note, new antibiotics could be interesting. I hope we continue to research antifungals in an increasingly warm world.

I also hope we do more research into phages, which seems very promising for things like drug-resistant TB, drug resistant STDs, etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

We really need better antifungals. Fungal infections can be quite hard to treat, and the few options we have are brutal on the body.