(Natural News) A group of scientists claimed that chemicals sprayed on apples to keep them fresh may be responsible for the rise of a drug-resistant pathogen. Researchers from India and Canada put forward this possibility in a study published March 31 in mBio. They wrote that since apples and other fruits “are treated with fungicides to […]

(Natural News) Lung moss (Lobaria pulmonaria) contains plant-based compounds with antibiotic and anti-fungal properties. A study from the Shandong University (SDU) tested their efficacy on drug-resistant Candida albicans to identify the most active molecules. The researchers received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation and the SDU’s Young Scholars Program. They published their findings in […]

(Natural News) As antifungal drug resistance grows increasingly common, a number of scientists have turned to plant-derived essential oils for a solution. To that end, researchers from the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) have developed a new screening method to identify the antimicrobial qualities of these volatile substances. They dubbed their method the vapor-phase-mediated susceptibility (VMS) […]