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High time to tackle drug-resistant fungal infections
To combat long-overlooked fungal pathogens, researchers and regulators must embrace innovative science and policy.
All of this means that it is crucial to invest in basic research to better understand which cellular pathways can be targeted in fungi without harming human cells. The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed including the risks of promoting resistance to antifungals in its assessment of the potential health impacts of new fungicides. And, earlier this year, representatives of five European Union health and environmental agencies published a report on the threat that fungicide use in agriculture poses to a class of medicines used to treat infection with Aspergillus fungi 3.
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