It sounds a little bit like the premise of a horror movie, but scientists have determined that the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans actually changes in size once it enters a body, increasing its chance of infection.
, from University of Utah."So, when my graduate student showed me pictures of the uniformity of cells from the brain, I was shocked."
that the fungus could grow up to 10 times its normal size in the lungs, the scientists set out to try and find out just why cells of a specific size were found so deep in host territory.in various sizes, the researchers discovered that it was the smallest cells that tended to find their way into the brain.
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