Fungal infection: JNK inhibitors boost antifungal immunity

Nature Reviews Immunology 17, 148 (2017). doi:10.1038/nri.2017.18 Author: Alexandra Flemming Invasive fungal infections, particularly with Candida albicans, kill approximately 1.5 million people worldwide a year. Current drugs are relatively toxic and fungal resistance is high, so there is an urgent need for new therapeutics. Now, reporting in Nature Medicine, Zhao, Lin and colleagues
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