LifeMine Therapeutics has closed $263 million in financing to accelerate clinical trials of LIFE-001, a novel immunosuppressant drug discovered through fungal genomics.

A new report by the Good Food Institute APAC finds that China's largest fermentation manufacturers are redirecting capacity toward mycoprotein, yeast proteins, and precision-fermented fats as pharmaceutical margins shrink.

Researchers at Jilin Agricultural University optimised an ultrasound-assisted extraction process for Inonotus hispidus, achieving a total polyphenol yield of 25.46 mg/g, a 35.86% improvement over unoptimised conditions.

Populations of common midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans) in the Pyrenees have survived outbreaks of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the fungal disease responsible for more vertebrate species extinctions than any other infectious disease in recorded history. Surviving toads secrete antimicrobial peptides from their skin unusually early, during the tadpole phase, giving them protection precisely when the transition to keratin-bearing adult skin makes them most vulnerable to th

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed fPE7max, a gene-editing tool built specifically for filamentous fungi, achieving editing efficiency approaching 90%. By using fPE7max to activate a master regulatory gene called laeA, the team awakened silent biosynthetic pathways across multiple fungal species, yielding eight molecules entirely new to science. Three of those molecules showed early anti-cancer properties in laboratory tests, including one with selec