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The threat of fungal infections is growing. Why is it so hard to make new drugs?

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19 fungi the agency said pose a significant threat to human health.

Fungi diseases have long been a huge iss first agriculture the early 2000s that can i FDA ct the human body also thrive in soil and decaying plant matter.

Farmers use fungicides to kill fungal d recent years overtake crops.

Olorofim, a new antifungal drug, has shown to be effective against “almost every single fungal infection” Both treatments have the same target: an enzyme called dihydroorotate dehydrogenase.

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