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#164 The Last of Us: the science of a fungal zombie apocalypse

The world, the universe and us

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Is There a Mycelia Network?

Fungal pathogens impact everything, they impact crops, they impact humans and they impact wildlife. We look at the fungal infections that attack patients who have got predisposing risk factors such as cystic fibrosis or lung transplants. Clinicians often fear these as much as they do, the cancer itself because they're so hard to treat and initially to diagnose in the first place.

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